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So how do you know if 1111980 is Nov. 1st 1980 or January 11th 1980?
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If your column is really text you need to convert to varchar before converting to datetime<br />

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-41529535-1"><span>select convert(datetime, convert(varchar(30), Remarks), 101)</span>
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Go this one it may be helpful to you.<br />
<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/12315/SQL-Server-Date-Styles-formats-using-CONVERT.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/12315/SQL-Server-Date-Styles-formats-using-CONVERT.html</a>
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SELECT CAST(RIGHT(DateOfBirth, 4) + LEFT(RIGHT('0' + DateOfBirth, 8), 4) AS date) AS BirthDate<br />
from (<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; select '9201980' as DateOfBirth union<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; select '1111980'<br />
) as test_data
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column DateOfBirth is varchar(08)<br />
I need to convert that text to a date.<br />
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There are no leading 0's in that column, so Sept 20 1980 is stored as '9201980'<br />
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I need to convert that text to a proper date, or '09/20/1980'<br />

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-10-28936513-1"><span>declare @DateOfBirth varchar(08) = '9201980'</span>
<span>select CONVERT(varchar,CONVERT(datetime,@DateOfBirth ,  112),121)  -- This and several variances have failed</span>
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Thanks in advance.
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column DateOfBirth is varchar(08)
I need to convert that text to a date.

There are no leading 0's in that column, so Sept 20 1980 is stored as '9201980'

I need to convert that text to a proper date, or '09/20/1980'
(CODE)

Thanks in advance.

T-SQL - Convert TEXT to DATE

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