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seeing what time timestamp was created ( i.e, converting it to a date)

  • January 11, 2008 at 4:07 am

    #180552

    Is it possible to convert the timestamp column in sql server to a datetime that shows the date/time the timestamp was created?

  • January 11, 2008 at 4:22 am

    #767027

    Timestamp is not a datetime type in T-SQL. It is varbinary(8). It's a row version, not last modified date, unfortunately.

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  • January 11, 2008 at 4:23 am

    #767028

    No.

    Despite its name, a timestamp is not related in any way to a datetime. It's a binary value that's unique in the database that increases whenever the row is changed.

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