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StringToDate() issue in transformer stage
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:35 am
by HemaV
Hi All,
I used StringtoDate function in transformer stage as below:
StringToDate(Convert('-','',CurrentDate()),"%yyyy%mm%dd")
But in the target date still comes with yyyy-mm-dd format. Unable to understand the issue.
Thanks in Advance,
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:31 am
by vamsi.4a6
1)I hope The default date format is yyyy-mm-dd in your project and If you need some other format use DatetoString function but the output will be of type string type.
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:57 am
by ray.wurlod
CurrentDate() is not a string, so Convert() will not work on it. Leave it out.
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DateToString(CurrentDate(),"%yyyy%mm%dd")
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:05 am
by HemaV
Thanks All....
DateToString() function works but how can i convert the datatype of string to date as my target column in db is having date datatype
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I need to check on project default date format once because StringToDate() function is now working for me...
Thanks,
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:17 am
by chulett
HemaV wrote:I need to check on project default date format once because StringToDate() function is now working for me...
"now" = "not"?
There's no need to check on anything as dates don't have a particular format -
strings do but dates do not. If you know what format your string date is in, then use that in the
StringToDate function and you'll be golden.
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:41 pm
by ray.wurlod
Data type Date is stored in a four-byte binary format.