problem converting smalldatetime to 12hr time value

Hi,

I have two smalldatetime fields starttime and endtime

I want to display them like

select convert(varchar,starttime,108) + ' to ' + convert(varchar,endtime,108) from tbTest

the data in the field is

starttime endtime

1/3/2006 9:00:00 1/3/2006 6:00:00

the result I am getting is

09:00:00 to 18:00:00

Where as I want it something like this

9.00 AM to 6.00 PM

Is it possible? what query should be used for this?

Hi,

by taking a look to BOL ...

PRINT ' HERE IS MON DD YYYY HH:MIAM (OR PM) FORMAT ==>' +

CONVERT(nvarchar(30),GETDATE(),109)

HERE IS MON DD YYYY HH:MIAM (OR PM) FORMAT ==>M?r 9 2007 10:25:52:250AM

....

DECLARE @.ST SMALLDATETIME, @.ET SMALLDATETIME

SET @.ST = '1/3/2006 9:00:00'

SET @.ET ='1/3/2006 18:00:00'

SELECT (CONVERT(CHAR(11),@.ST,111) +

SUBSTRING(CONVERT(CHAR(19),@.ST,100),13,19) + ' To ' +

CONVERT(CHAR(11),@.ET,111) +

SUBSTRING(CONVERT(CHAR(19),@.ET,100),13,19))

-

2006/03/01 9:00AM To 2006/03/01 6:00PM

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What if i have an input like:

time

0910

1000

0530

0620

How do i convert this input into smalldatetime?

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Here is one option (uses the default date of [01/01/1900]):

Code Snippet

DECLARE @.MyTable table
( MyTime varchar(4) )

SET NOCOUNT ON

INSERT INTO @.MyTable VALUES ( '0910' )
INSERT INTO @.MyTable VALUES ( '1000' )
INSERT INTO @.MyTable VALUES ( '0530' )
INSERT INTO @.MyTable VALUES ( '0620' )

SELECT MyTime = ( cast( 0 as smalldatetime ) + stuff( MyTime, 3, 0, ':' ))
FROM @.MyTable