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QuestionHow to convert total database columns datetime to date in the format of dd-mm-yyyy Pin
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Which means one of the strings in the source column is not a valid datetime value.

Which is why you should never store dates as strings. Smile | :)

If you're using SQL 2012 or later, you could use TRY_CONVERT[^] or TRY_PARSE[^], which will return NULL for any values it can't convert. Otherwise, you're stuck with converting the values manually.

NB: In your example, you should update the new GL_DATE1 column directly, rather than updating the original GL_DATE column and then trying to copy it across.

You'll probably also want to use the newer datetime2 type[^], which has a better range than the old datetime type.

SQL
alter table GL add GL_DATE1 datetime2(0) null;
update GL set GL_DATE1 = TRY_CONVERT(datetime2(0), getdate(), 104);
select GL_DATE from GL where GL_DATE1 Is Null And GL_DATE Is Not Null;




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