Posted by Shiju Samuel on 09/04/07 17:25

This should work

select
CONVERT (varchar, cast(SUBSTRING('081564' , 1, 2) +
'/' + SUBSTRING('081564' , 3,
2) + '/' + SUBSTRING('081564' , 5, 2) as datetime), 101)

-
Shiju


On Sep 4, 10:56 am, robboll <robb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Using SQL Server 2000 in a view, if the data is Char and six
> characters like: 081564
>
> How do I convert it to a date that looks like: 08/15/1964 and is a
> date.
>
> I am trying:
>
> CONVERT (varchar, SUBSTRING(Col005, 1, 2) + '/' + SUBSTRING(Col005, 3,
> 2) + '/' + SUBSTRING(Col005, 5, 2), 112)
>
> but it returns 08/15/64. Anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> RBolling

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