Earlier I wrote about SQL SERVER – Datetime Function SWITCHOFFSET Example. After reading this blog post, I got another quick reply that if I can explain the usage of TODATETIMEOFFSET as well.
SQL SERVER – Datetime Function SWITCHOFFSET Example
I was recently asked if I know how SWITCHOFFSET works. This feature only works in SQL Server 2008. Here is quick definition of the same from BOL: Returns a datetimeoffset value that is changed from the stored time zone offset to a specified new time zone offset. What essentially it…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Difference Between DATETIME and DATETIME2 – WITH GETDATE
Earlier I wrote blog post SQL SERVER – Difference Between GETDATE and SYSDATETIME which inspired me to write SQL SERVER – Difference Between DATETIME and DATETIME2. Now earlier two blog post inspired me to write this blog post (and 4 emails and 3 reads from readers). I previously populated DATETIME…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Difference Between DATETIME and DATETIME2
Yesterday I have written a very quick blog post on SQL SERVER – Difference Between GETDATE and SYSDATETIME and I got tremendous response for the same. I suggest you read that blog post before continuing with this blog post today. I had asked people to honestly take part and share…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Difference Between GETDATE and SYSDATETIME
Sometime something so simple skips our mind. I never knew the difference between GETDATE and SYSDATETIME. I just ran simple query as following and realized the difference. SELECT GETDATE() fn_GetDate, SYSDATETIME() fn_SysDateTime In case of GETDATE the precision is till miliseconds and in case of SYSDATETIME the precision is till…
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SQL SERVER – Precision of SMALLDATETIME – A 1 Minute Precision
I am myself surprised that I am writing this post today. I am going to present one of the very known facts of SQL Server SMALLDATETIME datatype. Even though this is a very well-known datatype, many a time, I have seen developers getting confused with precision of the SMALLDATETIME datatype.…
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SQL SERVER – DATE and TIME in SQL Server 2008
I was thinking about DATE and TIME datatypes in SQL Server 2008. I earlier wrote about the about best practices of the same. Recently I had written one of the scripts written for SQL Server 2008 had to run on SQL Server 2005 (don’t ask me why!), I had to convert the DATE and TIME datatypes to DATETIME. Let me run a quick demo for the same.