Convert to DateTime

I have tried to convert '30/08/2014 12:00:00 AM' to datetime for comparison however I keep getting 'The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.'.
I have been doing research for the last 3 hours and testing but can not get it to work. This is using Australian Eastern Standard Time in the Australian format.
Cheers,
Ben

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Cheers
Ben

Doesn't work ? What is the error you are getting ?
Use dt_str instead. Here is an example I am using successfully...
Code Snippet
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How to convert from Datetime to number?

chg_date_time
40265.492
SELECT c.chg_date_time, TO_DATE('01011900','DDMMYYYY')+CHG_DATE_TIME FROM CHNGHIST C
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30/03/2010 11:48:29
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Hello,
This would do it :SQL> select to_date('30/03/2010 11:48:29','dd/mm/yyyy hh24:mi:ss') - TO_DATE('01011900','DDMMYYYY') nmbr from dual;
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I am using SQL 2008 R2.
I am using this command:
select Convert(varchar(12),Cast(out_date as datetime),101) From MyTable
The output shows several rows of data and then returns an error:
Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string.
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I am trying to convert unix date time to GMT time. Need help in doing so.
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Error when using cast and convert to datetime

I run a stored procedure
usp_ABC
as
begin
delete from #temp1
where #temp1.ResID not in
( select Col1
from TableA
where ( @I_vId = -1 or Doc_Field_ID = @I_vId)
and ColA1 = 2 and FieldValue !=''
and cast ( FieldValue as DATETIME ) = cast (@strvalue_index as DATETIME)
and ResID = #temp1.ResID
and TypesId = @I_vTypeId
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Format of Column FieldValue is nvarchar(400)
@strvalue_index = '05/05/2013'
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Then I re-write proc:
delete from #temp1
where #temp1.ResID not in
( select Col1
from TableA
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and ColA1 = 2 and FieldValue !=''
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I don't understand how?
When i run only statement in MS SQL Studio Management, the statement run success.
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No bad dates in my data.
Apparently you have. Or, as Johnny Bell pointed out, there is a clash with date formats. Did you try the query with isdate()?
For SQL 2008, you need
CASE WHEN isdate(FieldValue) = 1
THEN CAST (FieldValue AS datetime)
END =
CASE WHEN isdate(@strvalue_index) = 1
THEN CAST (@strvalue_index AS datetime)
END
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, [email protected]
I think date formats is OK. So when I re-write stored:
and cast ( FieldValue as DATETIME ) = cast (@strvalue_index as DATETIME)
=>
and cast ( cast(FieldValue as varchar(200)) as DATETIME ) = cast (@strvalue_index as DATETIME)
the stored procedure will run success. I see in http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174450.aspx MS
has an IMPORTANT:
Important
When using CAST or CONVERT for nchar, nvarchar, binary, and varbinary,
SQL Server truncates values to maximum of 30 characters. SQL Server Compact allows 4000 for nchar and nvarchar, and 8000 for binary and varbinary. Due
to this, results generated by querying SQL Server and SQL Server Compact are different. In cases where the size of the data types is specified such as nchar(200), nvarchar(200), binary(400), varbinary(400), the results are consistent across SQL Server and
SQL Server Compact.
I can't explain it in this case

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select
@DT
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,DATEADD(SECOND, @I*(-1), @DT)
--,DATEADD(MINUTE, @I*(-1), @DT) -- out of range
(No column name) (No column name) (No column name)
2010-09-29 10:05:26.000 2010-09-23 23:00:30.563 1995-10-16 16:01:28.000
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SELECT DATEADD(MILLISECOND, @I, '2010-09-23 23:00:30.563')
SELECT DATEADD(SECOND, @I, '1995-10-16 16:01:28.000')
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Mediator - convert XSD datetime to SQL date value

Fusion 11g, JDev 11.1.1, W server 2008
Hi there,
using JDev we've defined a DB adapter (towards an ORACLE schema), which basically serves two operations: INSERT and SELECT. On the DB table we've got a DATE_TIME while on on the other side we've defined a wsdl where the INPUT operation takes as parameter an XSD DATETIME value.
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[J2EE_APP.name: soa-infra] [composite_instance_id: 40011] Got an exception: java.lang.NullPointerException[[
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External WSDL
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<wsdl:definitions xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/" xmlns:http="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/http/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:mime="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/mime/" xmlns:tns="http://xml.virtual-lab.eu/schema/poc-soa/audit/wsdl" xmlns:ns="http://xml.virtual-lab.eu/schema/poc-soa/audit/def" targetNamespace="http://xml.virtual-lab.eu/schema/poc-soa/audit/wsdl">
     <wsdl:types>
          <schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
               <import namespace="http://xml.virtual-lab.eu/schema/poc-soa/audit/def" schemaLocation="xsd/AuditParamsDef.xsd"/>
          </schema>
     </wsdl:types>
     <wsdl:message name="addNewRequestMessage">
          <wsdl:part name="newEventParam" type="ns:add"/>
     </wsdl:message>
     <wsdl:message name="searchRequestMessage">
          <wsdl:part name="searchParams" type="ns:search"/>
     </wsdl:message>
     <wsdl:message name="searchResponseMessage">
          <wsdl:part name="returnParam" type="ns:eventObj"/>
     </wsdl:message>
     <wsdl:portType name="AuditPortType">
          <wsdl:operation name="addNewEvent">
               <wsdl:input message="tns:addNewRequestMessage"/>
          </wsdl:operation>
          <wsdl:operation name="searchForEvents">
               <wsdl:input message="tns:searchRequestMessage"/>
               <wsdl:output message="tns:searchResponseMessage"/>
          </wsdl:operation>
     </wsdl:portType>
     <wsdl:binding name="AuditBinding" type="tns:AuditPortType">
          <soap:binding style="document" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>
          <wsdl:operation name="addNewEvent">
               <soap:operation soapAction="urn:#addNewEvent"/>
               <wsdl:input>
                    <soap:body use="literal"/>
               </wsdl:input>
          </wsdl:operation>
          <wsdl:operation name="searchForEvents">
               <soap:operation soapAction="urn:#searchForEvents"/>
               <wsdl:input>
                    <soap:body use="literal"/>
               </wsdl:input>
               <wsdl:output>
                    <soap:body use="literal"/>
               </wsdl:output>
          </wsdl:operation>
     </wsdl:binding>
     
</wsdl:definitions>
XSL
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<?oracle-xsl-mapper

<mapSources>
<source type="WSDL">
<schema location="../AuditService.wsdl"/>
<rootElement name="newEventParam" namespace=""/>
<rootElementDatatype name="add" namespace="http://xml.virtual-lab.eu/schema/poc-soa/audit/def"/>
</source>
</mapSources>
<mapTargets>
<target type="WSDL">
<schema location="../AuditBackEndService.wsdl"/>
<rootElement name="LogCollection" namespace="http://xmlns.oracle.com/pcbpel/adapter/db/top/AuditBackEndService"/>
</target>
</mapTargets>

?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:top="http://xmlns.oracle.com/pcbpel/adapter/db/top/AuditBackEndService"
xmlns:xpath20="http://www.oracle.com/XSL/Transform/java/oracle.tip.pc.services.functions.Xpath20"
xmlns:bpws="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2003/03/business-process/"
xmlns:mhdr="http://www.oracle.com/XSL/Transform/java/oracle.tip.mediator.service.common.functions.MediatorExtnFunction"
xmlns:oraext="http://www.oracle.com/XSL/Transform/java/oracle.tip.pc.services.functions.ExtFunc"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:dvm="http://www.oracle.com/XSL/Transform/java/oracle.tip.dvm.LookupValue"
xmlns:hwf="http://xmlns.oracle.com/bpel/workflow/xpath"
xmlns:tns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/pcbpel/adapter/db/SOA-POC/AuditService/AuditBackEndService%2F"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:med="http://schemas.oracle.com/mediator/xpath"
xmlns:ids="http://xmlns.oracle.com/bpel/services/IdentityService/xpath"
xmlns:ns="http://xml.virtual-lab.eu/schema/poc-soa/audit/def"
xmlns:xdk="http://schemas.oracle.com/bpel/extension/xpath/function/xdk"
xmlns:xref="http://www.oracle.com/XSL/Transform/java/oracle.tip.xref.xpath.XRefXPathFunctions"
xmlns:plt="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2003/05/partner-link/"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
xmlns:ora="http://schemas.oracle.com/xpath/extension"
xmlns:socket="http://www.oracle.com/XSL/Transform/java/oracle.tip.adapter.socket.ProtocolTranslator"
exclude-result-prefixes="xsi xsl ns xsd top tns plt wsdl xpath20 bpws mhdr oraext dvm hwf med ids xdk xref ora socket">
<xsl:template match="/">
<top:LogCollection>
<top:Log>
<top:who>
<xsl:value-of select="/newEventParam/ns:fromUser"/>
</top:who>
<top:when/>
<top:whichClient>
<xsl:value-of select="/newEventParam/ns:usingClient"/>
</top:whichClient>
<top:whichSys>
<xsl:value-of select="/newEventParam/ns:onSys/@ns:which"/>
</top:whichSys>
<top:ipClient>
<xsl:value-of select="/newEventParam/ns:fromIP"/>
</top:ipClient>
<top:wsOperation>
<xsl:value-of select="/newEventParam/ns:callingWS_Operation"/>
</top:wsOperation>
</top:Log>
</top:LogCollection>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Internal WSDL
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<toplink:object-persistence version="Oracle TopLink - 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.1.0) (Build 090527)" xmlns:opm="http://xmlns.oracle.com/ias/xsds/opm" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:toplink="http://xmlns.oracle.com/ias/xsds/toplink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<opm:name>AuditBackEndService-OR</opm:name>
<opm:class-mapping-descriptors>
<opm:class-mapping-descriptor xsi:type="toplink:object-relational-class-mapping-descriptor">
<opm:class>AuditBackEndService.Log</opm:class>
<opm:alias>LOG</opm:alias>
<opm:primary-key>
<opm:field table="LOG" name="ID" xsi:type="opm:column"/>
</opm:primary-key>
<opm:events xsi:type="toplink:event-policy"/>
<opm:querying xsi:type="toplink:query-policy">
<opm:queries>
<opm:query name="AuditBackEndServiceSelect" xsi:type="toplink:read-all-query">
<opm:criteria operator="and" xsi:type="toplink:logic-expression">
<toplink:left operator="and" xsi:type="toplink:logic-expression">
<toplink:left operator="equal" xsi:type="toplink:relation-expression">
<toplink:left name="whichSys" xsi:type="toplink:query-key-expression">
<toplink:base xsi:type="toplink:base-expression"/>
</toplink:left>
<toplink:right xsi:type="toplink:parameter-expression">
<toplink:parameter name="sys" xsi:type="opm:column"/>
</toplink:right>
</toplink:left>
<toplink:right operator="greaterThanEqual" xsi:type="toplink:relation-expression">
<toplink:left name="when" xsi:type="toplink:query-key-expression">
<toplink:base xsi:type="toplink:base-expression"/>
</toplink:left>
<toplink:right xsi:type="toplink:parameter-expression">
<toplink:parameter name="fromWhen" xsi:type="opm:column"/>
</toplink:right>
</toplink:right>
</toplink:left>
<toplink:right operator="lessThanEqual" xsi:type="toplink:relation-expression">
<toplink:left name="when" xsi:type="toplink:query-key-expression">
<toplink:base xsi:type="toplink:base-expression"/>
</toplink:left>
<toplink:right xsi:type="toplink:parameter-expression">
<toplink:parameter name="toWhen" xsi:type="opm:column"/>
</toplink:right>
</toplink:right>
</opm:criteria>
<opm:arguments>
<opm:argument name="sys">
<opm:type>java.lang.String</opm:type>
</opm:argument>
<opm:argument name="fromWhen">
<opm:type>java.lang.String</opm:type>
</opm:argument>
<opm:argument name="toWhen">
<opm:type>java.lang.String</opm:type>
</opm:argument>
</opm:arguments>
<toplink:reference-class>AuditBackEndService.Log</toplink:reference-class>
<toplink:container xsi:type="toplink:list-container-policy">
<toplink:collection-type>java.util.Vector</toplink:collection-type>
</toplink:container>
</opm:query>
</opm:queries>
</opm:querying>
<opm:attribute-mappings>
<opm:attribute-mapping xsi:type="toplink:direct-mapping">
<opm:attribute-name>id</opm:attribute-name>
<opm:field table="LOG" name="ID" xsi:type="opm:column"/>
<toplink:attribute-classification>java.math.BigDecimal</toplink:attribute-classification>
</opm:attribute-mapping>
<opm:attribute-mapping xsi:type="toplink:direct-mapping">
<opm:attribute-name>who</opm:attribute-name>
<opm:field table="LOG" name="WHO" xsi:type="opm:column"/>
<toplink:attribute-classification>java.lang.String</toplink:attribute-classification>
</opm:attribute-mapping>
<opm:attribute-mapping xsi:type="toplink:direct-mapping">
<opm:attribute-name>when</opm:attribute-name>
<opm:field table="LOG" name="WHEN" xsi:type="opm:column"/>
<toplink:attribute-classification>java.sql.Timestamp</toplink:attribute-classification>
</opm:attribute-mapping>
<opm:attribute-mapping xsi:type="toplink:direct-mapping">
<opm:attribute-name>whichClient</opm:attribute-name>
<opm:field table="LOG" name="WHICH_CLIENT" xsi:type="opm:column"/>
<toplink:attribute-classification>java.lang.String</toplink:attribute-classification>
</opm:attribute-mapping>
<opm:attribute-mapping xsi:type="toplink:direct-mapping">
<opm:attribute-name>whichSys</opm:attribute-name>
<opm:field table="LOG" name="WHICH_SYS" xsi:type="opm:column"/>
<toplink:attribute-classification>java.lang.String</toplink:attribute-classification>
</opm:attribute-mapping>
<opm:attribute-mapping xsi:type="toplink:direct-mapping">
<opm:attribute-name>ipClient</opm:attribute-name>
<opm:field table="LOG" name="IP_CLIENT" xsi:type="opm:column"/>
<toplink:attribute-classification>java.lang.String</toplink:attribute-classification>
</opm:attribute-mapping>
<opm:attribute-mapping xsi:type="toplink:direct-mapping">
<opm:attribute-name>wsOperation</opm:attribute-name>
<opm:field table="LOG" name="WS_OPERATION" xsi:type="opm:column"/>
<toplink:attribute-classification>java.lang.String</toplink:attribute-classification>
</opm:attribute-mapping>
</opm:attribute-mappings>
<toplink:descriptor-type>independent</toplink:descriptor-type>
<toplink:caching>
<toplink:cache-type>weak-reference</toplink:cache-type>
<toplink:always-refresh>true</toplink:always-refresh>
</toplink:caching>
<toplink:remote-caching>
<toplink:cache-type>weak-reference</toplink:cache-type>
</toplink:remote-caching>
<toplink:instantiation/>
<toplink:copying xsi:type="toplink:instantiation-copy-policy"/>
<toplink:tables>
<toplink:table name="LOG"/>
</toplink:tables>
<toplink:structure>structureName</toplink:structure>
</opm:class-mapping-descriptor>
</opm:class-mapping-descriptors>
<toplink:login xsi:type="toplink:database-login">
<toplink:platform-class>oracle.toplink.platform.database.oracle.Oracle9Platform</toplink:platform-class>
<toplink:user-name></toplink:user-name>
<toplink:connection-url>null</toplink:connection-url>
</toplink:login>
</toplink:object-persistence>

Convert displayed datetime in Flex app to database's

I currently use Flex web services to request data from an sql
server database (via a .net app) and bind the result set .net
datatable to a flex datagrid. The datagrid has a datetime column
that displays the local time at which the client created the record
instead of the sql server datetime value. How can I change my
datagrid records to show the database's datetime? Here's an
articles related to this issue... but wasn't able to get it to work
in my context:
http://blog.shrefler.net/?p=13.
Any help would be appreciated!

"justneed2know" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:g980h7$m5f$[email protected]..
>I currently use Flex web services to request data from an
sql server
>database
> (via a .net app) and bind the result set .net datatable
to a flex
> datagrid.
> The datagrid has a datetime column that displays the
local time at which
> the
> client created the record instead of the sql server
datetime value. How
> can I
> change my datagrid records to show the database's
datetime? Here's an
> articles
> related to this issue... but wasn't able to get it to
work in my context:
>
http://blog.shrefler.net/?p=13.
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
Why not just send the request to create the record to the
server _before_
you do anything with it in Flex, then bring it back and
display it in Flex?

Convert xsd:dateTime to UTC

Hello community,
Within a message mapping I have to convert a field containing date, time and timezone to UTC/GMT timezone.
Example:
2008-10-06T01:11:06+02:00 = Incoming value from source field, incl. local time + time zone offset
2008-10-05T23:11:06 = Expected value of target field, incl. UTC date and time
How can I achieve this conversion with an UDF?
Best regards,
Wolfgang

Hi,
U can chabge the time zone of the calender ussing TimeZone java class .
Try this UDF:
Import : java.text.*;
UDF:
AbstractTrace trace = container.getTrace();
String strDate =a;// "2008-10-06T01:11:06+0200";
          Date date=null;
          SimpleDateFormat sdfSource = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ");
          try{
               String dt = strDate;
               date = sdfSource.parse(dt);
               trace.addInfo("NOW1:"+date);
               //Time Zone
               Calendar cal1 = new GregorianCalendar(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT+05:30"));
               trace.addInfo("Current Timezone="+cal1.getTimeZone().getDisplayName());
               String timeZoneId = "UTC";//Canada/Central"; // EX.
               trace.addInfo("Getting Time in the timezone="+timeZoneId);
               Calendar mbCal = new GregorianCalendar(TimeZone.getTimeZone(timeZoneId));
               mbCal.setTimeInMillis(date.getTime());
               Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
               cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, mbCal.get(Calendar.YEAR));
               cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, mbCal.get(Calendar.MONTH));
               cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, mbCal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
               cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, mbCal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY));
               cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, mbCal.get(Calendar.MINUTE));
               cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, mbCal.get(Calendar.SECOND));
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The user should provide the following inputs:
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I need as output, the UTC date time value:
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The output should be: (UTC time)
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hey
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Hello,
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Record 1: Rejected - Error on table TEMP_TEST_LANGY, column DATADATA.
ORA-01722: invalid number
Record 2: Rejected - Error on table TEMP_TEST_LANGY, column DATADATA.
ORA-01722: invalid number
Record 3: Rejected - Error on table TEMP_TEST_LANGY, column DATADATA.
ORA-01722: invalid number
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into table TEMP_TEST_LANGY append
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
TRAILING NULLCOLS
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79314313.7066667
79314336.2933333
79314214.3466667
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Thanks
Edited by: xoops on Sep 21, 2011 8:56 AM
Edited by: xoops on Sep 21, 2011 8:58 AM

thanks for your answer, but I asked to use sql loader instead of the external table, which so my question is why can not the epochtime converted to datetime, if there is no way to convert a datetime epochtime using sql loader, so I'm required to use the external table. thank you.
This is my error log:
Column Name Position Len Term Encl Datatype
DATADATA FIRST * , CHARACTER
SQL string for column : "TO_DATE('1-Jan-1970 00:00:00','dd-MM-YYYY hh24:mi:ss') + (:DATADATA/60/60/24)"
Record 1: Rejected - Error on table TEMP_TEST_LANGY, column DATADATA.
ORA-01722: invalid number
Record 2: Rejected - Error on table TEMP_TEST_LANGY, column DATADATA.
ORA-01722: invalid number
Record 3: Rejected - Error on table TEMP_TEST_LANGY, column DATADATA.
ORA-01722: invalid number
Edited by: xoops on Sep 21, 2011 12:33 PM

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