Question

I’m trying to match datetimes from two different tables. Table A has a regular time (09:29:35). Table B has a rounded time (09:30).

The time from table B could match the time from table A, or it could match the minute before due to rounding.

How can I match these times? Or, how can I ‘remove’ the seconds from table A and round the minutes on that table as well?

Thanks for the help in advance!

Answer 1

You can remove the seconds with a cast:

convert(varchar(16), getdate(), 120)

This chops the date after the seconds, f.e. 2011-06-30 19:50 (16 characters long.) Adding or substracting minutes can be done with dateadd.

If you combine it in a join, you get something like:

select  *
from    TableA
join    TableB
on      convert(varchar(16), TableA.DateColumn, 120) between
        convert(varchar(16), dateadd(m,-1,TableB.DateColumn), 120)
        and convert(varchar(16), dateadd(m,1,TableB.DateColumn), 120)