SQL Server - Convert minutes to time and also todays date - sql-server

I have seen many examples on the internet regarding similar issues, but nothing quite what I am trying to achieve.
My Scenario
I have a table which stores an EndTime in minutes (1050) meaning 17:30:00
I have written a query to update a column in a referenced table when its null, however the date itself is set to 1900-01-01 17:30:00.000. And no matter what I try, I only get the date correct or time correct... heres the query that converts the int to time and displays the incorrect date above:
UPDATE t
SET t.EndTime = (
SELECT CONVERT (datetime, DATEADD(MINUTE, EndTime, '00:00:00'), 108)
FROM Staff
WHERE
StaffID = t.StaffID
)
FROM TimesheetLine t
WHERE t.EndTime IS NULL
I am trying to achieve 2015-01-07 17:30:00.000
Staff.EndTime is where the 1050 minutes are stored
TimesheetLine.EndTime is the field I am trying to set to 2015-01-07 17:30:00.000 when it is null
thankyou for your help and apologies if there is a duplicate question...

If you just want to take a date and add 17:30:00 on to it you can do something like this:
SELECT DATEADD(MINUTE, 1050, CONVERT(DATETIME, CONVERT(DATE, GETDATE())))
So it takes a given date, in this instance I've used GETDATE() to get the current date. I've converted it to a date and then back to a datetime to strip off the time portion. Then used DATEADD() to add on the specified number of minutes.
Output:
2015-07-01 17:30:00.000
So if I read your query right you would do this:
UPDATE t
SET t.EndTime = (
SELECT DATEADD(MINUTE, EndTime, CONVERT(DATETIME, CONVERT(DATE, GETDATE())))
FROM Staff
WHERE StaffID = t.StaffID
)
FROM TimesheetLine t
WHERE t.EndTime IS NULL

Related

SQL SERVER 2008 Filter between two dates and two times

I have a DateTime column called “Date_Entered” and I need to filter between two dates and within these two dates to filter between two times (time might be of the next day). Here is my query:
Declare #StartDate DateTime
Declare #EndDate DateTime
Declare #StartTime varchar(8)
Declare #EndTime varchar(8)
SELECT Date_Entered FROM MyTable
WHERE (Date_Entered BETWEEN '1/1/2014' AND '1/1/2015')
AND (CONVERT(varchar(8), Date_Entered, 108) >= '21:00:00' OR #StartTime IS NULL)
AND (CONVERT(varchar(8), Date_Entered, 108) <= '03:00:00' OR #EndTime IS NULL) --This time value is on the next day to cover a 6-hour period
The desired results should display all values that are within the date range (for 2014 year) and took place during the 6-hour range (night time):
2014-05-15 21:09:00
2014-08-12 02:45:00
2014-09-05 01:40:00
All the above happened during a date range (2014) and between the time of 9PM and 3AM on the next day.
My problem is that I need to search for time that happens from 9PM and 3AM on the next day (for the same date range)
If I search for time range in the same day like from 21:00 to 23:59 I get the results, but when time goes over the next day then I won't get any result.
Any idea how to do that in SQL.
SSRS 2012 is used to enter the value for the parameters.
The Date_Entered field is DateTime type that has date and a time.
If i understood your question correctly then the below code will give correct output
create table a
(enddate datetime
)
insert into a values ('2014-05-15 21:09:00')
insert into a values ('2014-08-12 02:45:00')
insert into a values ('2014-09-05 01:40:00')
Query
SELECT enddate FROM a
WHERE (enddate BETWEEN '1/1/2014' AND '1/1/2015')
AND (CONVERT(varchar(8), enddate, 108) >= '21:00:00' )
or (CONVERT(varchar(8), enddate, 108) <= '03:00:00' )
Result
May, 15 2014 21:09:00
August, 12 2014 02:45:00
September, 05 2014 01:40:00
Is it possible for you to convert the separate date and time fields into a single datetime field? Here's a link to a relevant SO question that provides an option for you to convert your search criteria into a single field. By doing so, it should let you to search for times beyond midnight within a single query.
SQL Server convert string to datetime

Get date Minus 1 day but at exacty 4 AM

I have the following sql server WHERE clause:
WHERE (DateCreated >= CONVERT(datetime, GETDATE(), 111) - 1)
This gets the date (where today is 2015-06-09) 2015-06-08. I need to add a time to this as well like 2015-06-08 04:00:00 in 24H format. the time will always be the same bat every time the SQL command is executed, it should only be from yesterday at 4 AM to the current date and time.
how can this be achieved?
Try this:
WHERE DateCreated >= dateadd(d, datediff(d, 1, getdate()), '04:00')
I think you are looking for:
WHERE (DateCreated >= DATEADD(HOUR, 4,
CONVERT(datetime,
DATEADD(DAY, -1, CONVERT(date, GETDATE()) )
)
)
)
Converting directly to DATE will take away the hassle of taking care of the hour part. After that, doing a DATEADD with -1 will take you 1 day ago.
After this step, simply convert it back to datetime to create a timestamp part to your date, which is defaulted to 00:00:00.000.
And in the end, simply add 4 hours to this start date, which will always give you 4:00 AM.

How to add days to the current date?

I am trying to add days to the current date and it's working fine but when I add 360 days to the current date it gives me wrong value.
eg: Current Date is 11/04/2014
And I am adding 360 Days to it, it should give me 11/04/2015, but it is showing the same date 11/04/2014. the year is not changing.
Here is my code:
select dateadd(dd,360,getdate())
Just do-
Select (Getdate()+360) As MyDate
There is no need to use dateadd function for adding or subtracting days from a given date. For adding years, months, hours you need the dateadd function.
select dateadd(dd,360,getdate()) will give you correct date as shown below:
2017-09-30 15:40:37.260
I just ran the query and checked:
Dateadd(datepart,number,date)
You should use it like this:
select DATEADD(day,360,getdate())
Then you will find the same date but different year.
From the SQL Server 2017 official documentation:
SELECT DATEADD(day, 360, GETDATE());
If you would like to remove the time part of the GETDATE function, you can do:
SELECT DATEADD(day, 360, CAST(GETDATE() AS DATE));
In SQL Server 2008 and above just do this:
SELECT DATEADD(day, 1, Getdate()) AS DateAdd;
can try this
select (CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),GETDATE()+360,110)) as Date_Result
Two or three ways (depends what you want), say we are at Current Date is
(in tsql code) -
DECLARE #myCurrentDate datetime = '11Apr2014 10:02:25 AM'
(BTW - did you mean 11April2014 or 04Nov2014 in your original post? hard to tell, as datetime is culture biased. In Israel 11/04/2015 means 11April2014. I know in the USA 11/04/2014 it means 04Nov2014. tommatoes tomatos I guess)
SELECT #myCurrentDate + 360 - by default datetime calculations followed by + (some integer), just add that in days. So you would get 2015-04-06 10:02:25.000 - not exactly what you wanted, but rather just a ball park figure for a close date next year.
SELECT DateADD(DAY, 365, #myCurrentDate) or DateADD(dd, 365, #myCurrentDate)
will give you '2015-04-11 10:02:25.000'. These two are syntatic sugar (exacly the same). This is what you wanted, I should think. But it's still wrong, because if the date was a "3 out of 4" year (say DECLARE #myCurrentDate datetime = '11Apr2011 10:02:25 AM') you would get '2012-04-10 10:02:25.000'. because 2012 had 366 days, remember? (29Feb2012 consumes an "extra" day. Almost every fourth year has 29Feb).
So what I think you meant was
SELECT DateADD(year, 1, #myCurrentDate)
which gives 2015-04-11 10:02:25.000.
or better yet
SELECT DateADD(year, 1, DateADD(day, DateDiff(day, 0, #myCurrentDate), 0))
which gives you 2015-04-11 00:00:00.000 (because datetime also has time, right?). Subtle, ah?
This will give total number of days including today in the current month.
select day(getDate())
Add Days in Date in SQL
DECLARE #NEWDOB DATE=null
SET #NEWDOB= (SELECT DOB, DATEADD(dd,45,DOB)AS NEWDOB FROM tbl_Employees)
SELECT DateAdd(5,day(getdate()) this is for adding 5 days to current days.
for eg:today date is 23/08/2018 it became 28/08/2018 by using the above query

How to get one month ago from today in SQL Server 2008?

I´m writing a query where i get the last month, but with the time in zeros (if today is 2013-05-21 then i want to get 2013-04-21 00:00:00.000).
So I tried:
select (dateadd(month,datediff(month,(0),getdate())-1,(0)));
But I get the first day of the previous month.
Then I tried:
select dateadd(month, -1, GETDATE());
I get the right day, but I also get the current time (2013-04-21 11:41:31.090), and I want the time in zeros.
So how should my query be in order to get something like: 2013-04-21 00:00:00.000
Thanks in advance.
In SQL Server 2008 there is the date data type, which has no time attached. You can thus remove the time portion quite easily simply by converting, then performing the DateAdd.
SELECT DateAdd(month, -1, Convert(date, GetDate()));
This will return a date data type. To force it to be datetime again, you can simply add one more Convert:
SELECT Convert(datetime, DateAdd(month, -1, Convert(date, GetDate())));
You may not need the explicit conversion to datetime, though.
Note: "One month ago from today" could be defined in many different ways. The way it works in SQL server is to return the day from the previous month that is the closest to the same day number as the current month. This means that the result of this expression when run on March 31 will be February 28. So, you may not get expected results in certain scenarios if you don't think clearly about the ramifications of this, such as if you performed the one-month calculation multiple times, expecting to get the same day in a different month (such as doing March -> February -> January).
See a live demo at SQL Fiddle
The demo shows the values and resulting data types of each expression.
Try like this..
select Cast(Cast(dateadd(month, -1, GETDATE()) as Date) as Datetime);
You can use this , it's pretty simple and worked for me -
SELECT SUM( amount ) AS total FROM expenses WHERE MONTH( date ) = MONTH( curdate() ) -1
To get the previous month start date and end date
DECLARE #StartDate date;
DECLARE #EndDate date;
select #StartDate= DATEADD(MONTH, DATEDIFF(MONTH, 0, GETDATE())-1, 0)
select #EndDate= DATEADD(MONTH, DATEDIFF(MONTH, -1, GETDATE())-1, -1)
Here are many common dates you may need to pull with logic
SELECT DATEADD(dd,DATEDIFF(dd,0,GETDATE()),0) -- Today Midnight
SELECT DATEADD(dd,DATEDIFF(dd,0,GETDATE()),-1) -- Yesterday Midnight
SELECT DATEADD(d,0,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(m,0,GETDATE())-1,0)) -- First of Last Month
SELECT DATEADD(d,DATEPART(DD,GETDATE()-1),DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(m,0,GETDATE())-1,0)) -- Same Day Last Month
SELECT DATEADD(d,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(m,0,GETDATE()),0)) -- Last of Last Month
SELECT DATEADD(d,0,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(m,0,GETDATE()),0)) -- First of this month
SELECT DATEADD(d,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(m,0,GETDATE())+1,0)) -- Last of this month
SELECT DATEADD(d,0,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(m,0,GETDATE())+1,0)) -- First of next month
SELECT DATEADD(d,DATEPART(DD,GETDATE()-1),DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(m,0,GETDATE())+1,0)) -- Same Day Next Month
SELECT DATEADD(d,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(m,0,GETDATE())+2,0)) -- Last of next month
SELECT DATEADD(d,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(m,0,GETDATE())+12,0)) -- Last of prior month one year from now
SELECT DATEADD(dd,DATEDIFF(dd,0,DATEADD(DAY, 13-(##DATEFIRST + (DATEPART(WEEKDAY,GETDATE()) %7)), GETDATE())),0) -- Next Friday Midnight

How to get the epoch time in SQL Server?

The scenario is this:
select max date from some table, when the target table having no data, so the max date is null. when the date being null, I want to get the earliest date of system, so the epoch time seems perfect.
I have searched some ways including DATEADD functions, but that seems not elegant.
If I understand your question correctly, in SQL Server the epoch is given by cast(0 as datetime) :
select Max(ISNULL(MyDateCol, cast(0 as datetime)))
from someTable
group by SomeCol
The earliest date that can be stored in a SQL datetime field depends on the data type you use:
datetime:
1753-01-01 through 9999-12-31
smalldatetime:
1900-01-01 through 2079-06-06
date, datetime2 and datetimeoffset:
0001-01-01 through 9999-12-31
For more exact details see from https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-GB/library/ms186724.aspx#DateandTimeDataTypes
The epoch is useful if you are converting numbers to dates, but irrelevant if you are storing dates as dates.
If you don't want to deal with nulls properly the simple answer is to pick a date that you know will be before your data and hard-code it into your query. cast('1900-01-01' as datetime) will work in most cases.
While using something like cast(0 as datetime) produces the same result it obscures what you have done in your code. Someone maintaining it, wondering where these odd old dates come from, will be able to spot the hard coded date more quickly.
If you define the epoch as Jan 1, 1970: The better: to store it in a variable
DECLARE #epoch DATETIME
SET #epoch = CONVERT( DATETIME, '01 JAN 1970', 106 )
select
DATEPART(YEAR, DATEADD(day, 180, #epoch)) as year,
...

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