Udating first 4 character in a column

Hi guys, I totally forgot how I can update only one character in SQL. I got the column UTC varchar (14) with all the bvalue as below
20090731070000
I should change the value to 20120731070000...
Any advice?
Thanks as usual

You can also use STUFF like this
UPDATE YourTable
SET UTC = STUFF(UTC, 1, 4, '2014');
Krishnakumar S

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