Question

i declare a field as time in sql. it is storing the date in the format as HH:MM:SS. now i want to retrieve the time value in the format HH:MM and show it on the design view. is it possible to show time only in HH:MM? if so how to cast it as HH:MM format?

Answer 1

SELECT 
    CAST(DATEPART(hour, '2007-06-01 12:15:22') AS nvarchar)+':'+
    CAST(DATEPART(minute, '2007-06-01 12:15:22') AS nvarchar);