Question

According to msdn the general standart for datetime is

select convert(datetime,'19781222',112)       //YYYYMMDD

So if i want to insert into datetime this value i can do it by

update [Readings] set  [StartDate] = '19781222'

But what about time ? how do i add the Time to the YYYYMMDD ?

Question 2 : how do i update only the time in DateTime ?

Answer 1

1st part:

 update [Readings] 
 set  [StartDate] = '19781222 10:23:56'   -- YYYYMMDD 

2nd:

update [Readings] 
set  [StartDate] = DATEADD(dd, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, [StartDate]), 0) + '12:34:37'

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