Re: Using SQL to convert date

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dean,

Consider building a UDF around the strptime()— Convert String to Date/Time API.

HTH,
Charles

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:09 PM, <Dean.Eshleman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Using SQL, I'm trying to figure out how to convert a character field that
> contains '27/Aug/2009' into an 8 digit numeric date in the format
> 20090827.  After the conversion, I want to load it into a field in the
> same record.  I know I can substring out the year and the day.  The tough
> part is converting the month.  Is a CASE statement my only option?  TIA
>
> Dean Eshleman,
> MMA, Inc.
>
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