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Adding zeros into date column

  • October 1, 2015 at 3:37 am

    #320983

    Hi,

    I have a date column (not datetime) in SQL Server and the dates are in the format yyyy-mm-dd

    I need to replace the date values with zero's so it looks like 0000-00-00

    I can currently get the current date in to the column like this:

    UPDATE TestTable_1

    set datecolumn = CONVERT(varchar(10), GETDATE(), 10)

    But instead of GETDATE() I need to enter the zero's like this: 0000-00-00

    How can I do this?

    Thanks.

  • October 1, 2015 at 3:48 am

    #1830680

    From what you're saying you want to replace all with 0s..

    UPDATE TestTable_1

    set datecolumn = '0000-00-00';

  • October 1, 2015 at 3:54 am

    #1830682

    Tried that. I get the following error:

    Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string.

  • October 1, 2015 at 4:21 am

    #1830686

    You cant do 0000-00-00 in any date field, if thats what you need I suggest CHAR(10)

    If you need it in a DATE datatype column the lowest value you can do is 0001-01-01 up to 9999-12-31

  • October 1, 2015 at 4:25 am

    #1830688

    Ok thanks.

  • October 1, 2015 at 4:41 am

    #1830691

    zedtec (10/1/2015)

    Hi,

    I have a date column (not datetime) in SQL Server and the dates are in the format yyyy-mm-dd

    I need to replace the date values with zero's so it looks like 0000-00-00

    I can currently get the current date in to the column like this:

    UPDATE TestTable_1

    set datecolumn = CONVERT(varchar(10), GETDATE(), 10)

    But instead of GETDATE() I need to enter the zero's like this: 0000-00-00

    How can I do this?

    Thanks.

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  • October 1, 2015 at 8:46 am

    #1830802

    zedtec (10/1/2015)

    Hi,

    I have a date column (not datetime) in SQL Server and the dates are in the format yyyy-mm-dd

    I need to replace the date values with zero's so it looks like 0000-00-00

    I can currently get the current date in to the column like this:

    UPDATE TestTable_1

    set datecolumn = CONVERT(varchar(10), GETDATE(), 10)

    But instead of GETDATE() I need to enter the zero's like this: 0000-00-00

    How can I do this?

    Thanks.

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  • October 1, 2015 at 8:51 am

    #1830805

    Ok will do thanks.

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