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This is not asking how to convert an arbitrary string to datetime in MSSQL such as this question.
I can control the string format but I want to know what the MSSQL syntax is for updating a datetime field using a date string.
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SQL Server: Convert string to date explicitly In SQL Server, converting a string to date explicitly can be achieved using CONVERT(). CAST() and PARSE() functions.
Using strptime() , date and time in string format can be converted to datetime type. The first parameter is the string and the second is the date time format specifier. One advantage of converting to date format is one can select the month or date or time individually.
UPDATE MyTable SET MyDate = CONVERT(datetime, '2009/07/16 08:28:01', 120) For a full discussion of CAST and CONVERT, including the different date formatting options, see the MSDN Library Link below:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/functions/cast-and-convert-transact-sql
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