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Asked: 2026-05-29T05:30:25+00:00

I have a datetime field in SQL Server 2008 which stores the date and

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I have a datetime field in SQL Server 2008 which stores the date and time in military format (or international format if you prefer)

examples: 

2011-02-15 10:00:00.000
2011-02-15 15:30:00.000
2011-02-15 17:30:00.000

I need to retrieve the time only portion of this in standard U.S. time format.

So 

2011-02-15 10:00:00.000    needs to become 10:00 AM
2011-02-15 15:30:00.000    needs to become 3:30 PM
2011-02-15 17:30:00.000    needs to become 5:30 PM

I am looking for the best way to accomplish this in T-SQL please.

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  1. Editorial Team

    One way is:

    Convert to varchar, which will give you:

    Select CONVERT(varchar, @dt, 100) -- where @dt is your date time

    Feb 15 2011 3:30PM

    Subsequently, to remove the date, and get 7 chars from the right, which is the most, and TRIM is added just for extra safety, but probably isn’t needed.

    Select LTRIM(RIGHT(CONVERT(varchar, @dt, 100),7))

    Will give you 3:30PM

    Side Note: Denali makes this easier, no more magic numbers

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