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ODBC FAQ

ODBC functions

How do you pull just the date from a DateTime column?

faq706-228

Posted: 15 Sep 00

ODBC provides a function, Left, that can be used to pull just the date portion of a date-time value. Note that the result is a character expression.

For example, if a date of birth column contains the value "08-Jan-1962 12:00:00", the ODBC command:

select {fn left(dob, 10)} from MyTable

will yield only "08-Jan-1962".

As with all ODBC scalar functions, be sure to use the curly braces {} in the appropriate places, as the ODBC driver looks for these to indicate the section that the driver should interpret.

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