Question

I have a Varchar data type in my Sql Server table.
It is used for saving Date and time in IST as string.

For e.g Sat Sep 01 2012 09:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

Can any one please help me in converting this string into Sql Server Datetime Type, using sql query.

Answer 1

try this:

declare @dt varchar(50)='Sat Sep 01 2012 09:00:00 GMT+0530'
select CONVERT(datetime,substring(@dt,5,20))

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