If you have a datetimeoffset value, but you don’t need the time and time zone offset part, converting it to date will save you a lot of storage space (while removing unnecessary details from the value). This article contains examples of converting a datetimeoffset value to a date value in SQL Server.
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Convert ‘datetimeoffset’ to ‘smalldatetime’ in SQL Server (T-SQL Examples)
This article contains examples of converting a datetimeoffset value to smalldatetime in SQL Server.
When you convert a datetimeoffset value to smalldatetime, the date and hours are copied. The minutes are rounded up (depending on the seconds value) and the seconds are set to 0.
Convert ‘datetimeoffset’ to ‘datetime2’ in SQL Server (T-SQL Examples)
This article contains examples of converting a datetimeoffset value to datetime2 in SQL Server.
When you convert a datetimeoffset value to datetime2, the date and time are copied to the datetime2 value, and the time zone is truncated. The fractional seconds are also truncated to fit if the destination precision is lower.
Convert ‘datetimeoffset’ to ‘datetime’ in SQL Server (T-SQL Examples)
This article contains examples of converting a datetimeoffset value to datetime in SQL Server.
When you convert a datetimeoffset value to datetime, the date and time values are copied, and the time zone offset is truncated. When the fractional precision of the datetimeoffset value is greater than three digits, the value is truncated.
Convert ‘smalldatetime’ to ‘time’ in SQL Server (T-SQL Examples)
This article contains examples of converting a smalldatetime value to a time value in SQL Server.
When you convert a smalldatetime value to time, you lose the date. The hours, minutes, and seconds are copied. The fractional seconds are set to 0.
Convert ‘smalldatetime’ to ‘date’ in SQL Server (T-SQL Examples)
This article contains examples of converting a smalldatetime value to a date value in SQL Server.
One of the benefits of converting a smalldatetime value to date is that you reduce the storage size down from 4 bytes to 3 bytes. However, you do lose the time component from the value, so you would only do this conversion if you don’t need the time.
Convert ‘smalldatetime’ to ‘datetime’ in SQL Server (T-SQL Examples)
This article contains examples of converting a smalldatetime value to a datetime value in SQL Server.
The smalldatetime data type doesn’t have any fractional seconds, and its seconds component is always set to zero (:00). Its accuracy is to the nearest minute.
The datetime data type on the other hand, includes a 3-digit fractional seconds part, and its accuracy is rounded to increments of .000, .003, or .007 seconds.
When you convert a smalldatetime value to datetime, the smalldatetime value is copied to the datetime value. The fractional seconds are set to 0.
In most cases, you’d be better off converting to a datetime2 data type instead of a datetime. Doing this will provide increased accuracy, while using the same storage size. However, if you really do need it to be datetime, here are some examples.
Convert ‘smalldatetime’ to ‘datetimeoffset’ in SQL Server (T-SQL Examples)
This article contains examples of converting a smalldatetime value to a datetimeoffset value in SQL Server.
When you convert a smalldatetime value to datetimeoffset, the smalldatetime value is copied to the datetimeoffset value. The fractional seconds are set to 0, and the time zone offset is set to +00:0.
Convert ‘smalldatetime’ to ‘datetime2’ in SQL Server (T-SQL Examples)
This article contains examples of converting a smalldatetime value to a datetime2 value in SQL Server.
The smalldatetime data type doesn’t have any fractional seconds, and its seconds component is always set to zero (:00). Its accuracy is to the nearest minute.
The datetime2 data type on the other hand, allows you to specify a fractional seconds precision from 0 to 7. If you don’t specify this, it will use 7 (the default). If you specify zero (0), its accuracy will be to the nearest second.
When you convert a smalldatetime value to datetime2, the hours and minutes are copied. The seconds and fractional seconds are set to 0.
Convert ‘datetime2’ to ‘smalldatetime’ in SQL Server (T-SQL Examples)
This article contains examples of converting a datetime2 value to a smalldatetime value in SQL Server.
One of the benefits of converting a datetime2 value to smalldatetime is that you reduce the storage size from either 7, 8 or 9 bytes down to 4 bytes. However, you do lose precision.