How to parse string into date?

tsql sql-server-2005
Nazar Tereshkovych picture Nazar Tereshkovych · Apr 24, 2012 · Viewed 315.2k times · Source

How can I convert a String to a Date in T-SQL?

My test case is the string: '24.04.2012'

Answer

Chris Roberts picture Chris Roberts · Apr 24, 2012 
CONVERT(datetime, '24.04.2012', 104)

Should do the trick. See here for more info: CAST and CONVERT (Transact-SQL)

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