SQL date format functions like the DateDiff SQL function and DateAdd SQL Function are oft used by DBAs but many of us never took the time to fully understand these extremely useful features. For professionals just getting started with SQL Server, these functions are some of the first to become familiar with. So hopefully this article will have a little something for everyone across the skill spectrum
One of the most interesting data types that are supported in the relational database world is DateTime. In this article, we’re going to take a look at working with date time data types in SQL Server. We’ll understand the basics of date-time data-type and also, we’ll see various examples of how to query the date-time fields using built-in functions within SQL Server for manipulating the data, transforming date-time values and in few cases, perform arithmetic operations.
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Prashanth Jayaram 