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Formatting Time Zone in +/-hh:mm Format in SQL Server
How To Format Time Zone in +/-hh:mm Format in SQL Server Transact-SQL?
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From the previous tutorial, you know how to calculate the time zone value by using GETDATE() and GETUTCDATE() functions. But how can you format that time zone value in a nice looking format like +05:45 or -04:00?
Unfortunately, SQL Server 2005 offers no built-in functions to convert a date and time value in your own specific format. You have to do this by yourself as shown in the tutorial exercise:
-- time_zone_formatter DECLARE @local_time DATETIME; DECLARE @gmt_time DATETIME; SET @local_time = 'May 19 2007 10:06PM'; SET @gmt_time = 'May 19 2007 4:21PM'; SELECT 'Server local time: ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(40),@local_time); SELECT 'Server GMT time: ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(40),@gmt_time); SELECT 'Server time zone: ' + CASE WHEN DATEDIFF(minute,@gmt_time,@local_time)>= 0 THEN '+' ELSE '-' END + RIGHT(CONVERT(VARCHAR(40), 100+ABS(DATEDIFF(minute,@gmt_time,@local_time)/60)), 2) + ':' + RIGHT(CONVERT(VARCHAR(40), 100+ABS(DATEDIFF(minute,@gmt_time,@local_time)%60)), 2); GO Server local time: Jun 2 2007 10:06PM Server GMT time: Jun 2 2007 4:21PM Server time zone: +05:45
By the way, if you are wondering which part of the world has a time zone of +05:45. It is in the area of Kathmandu, capital city of Nepal.
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