truncation of datetime works fine in tsql but does not work when data loaded to txt file

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truncation of datetime works fine in tsql but does not work when data loaded to txt file

komal145

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July 25, 2016 at 2:05 pm

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I am trying to pull date format yyyy-mm-dd hh.mm.ss from '2016-07-05 02:38:52.1900000 -04:00'
my sql:
CONVERT(VARCHAR(19),datecolumn,120)
this returns :2016-07-05 02:38:52.
But when i load this column to my text file in ssis package from oledb to flatfile. it loads like this:
2016-07-05 02:38:52.0000000 +00:00.
Any reason why it behaves like this, can anyone tell me how to fix it?

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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182915 More actions · Answer 1

Quick question, what is the output data type?

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This task is trivial and a simple conversion to SMALLDATETIME should do the trick

DECLARE @dt DATETIME = GETDATE();

SELECT

@dt

,CONVERT(SMALLDATETIME,@DT,0)

;

komal145 SSCrazy Eights Points: 9918 More actions · Answer 2

My query column coversion to varchar :

CONVERT(varchar(19),[Date],0) =2016-07-05 02:38:52

Before conversion date column value in table: 2016-07-05 02:38:52.1900000 -04:00

Since there is change in flat file columns, i changed datatype on flatfile task -> connection manager->column ->column datatype ->dbdate

Still not working

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182915 More actions · Answer 3

komal145 (7/27/2016)
My query column coversion to varchar :
CONVERT(varchar(19),[Date],0) =2016-07-05 02:38:52
Before conversion date column value in table: 2016-07-05 02:38:52.1900000 -04:00
Since there is change in flat file columns, i changed datatype on flatfile task -> connection manager->column ->column datatype ->dbdate
Still not working

Use the correct style parameter with the convert function

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komal145 SSCrazy Eights Points: 9918 More actions · Answer 4

I used Convert(varchar(19) , [Date] ,120 )

still i get the same in text file with datetimeoffset

komal145 SSCrazy Eights Points: 9918 More actions · Answer 5

here is the ccolumn date output in text file :2016-07-05 02:38:52.1900000 +00:00

The column from table is of type datetimeoffset

truncation of timezone apprears in tsql but not when loaded to test file.

Need the format 2016-07-05 02:38:52 in text file too.