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8000XXXX Errors Alerts ASP.NET 2.0 Classic ASP 1.0 COM / ActiveX Components Forms General Topics Date/Time Routines Email Scripts & Info Files/Directories & FSO Databases General Concepts Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Search | ASP FAQ Tutorials :: Classic ASP 1.0 :: Date/Time Routines :: How do I select time only from a DATETIME column? How do I select time only from a DATETIME column?You have two options that come to mind straight away. One is to use the CONVERT function in conjunction with specific style numbers, to convert the date value into a specific type of string. I like using 114, because you can simply change the number of characters returned to increase accuracy. For example, for HH:MM:
Will produce the following:
For HH:MM:SS:
Will produce the following:
And for HH:MM:SS:mmm:
Will produce the following:
Depending on your application, you may need any of the above accuracies. Usually, though, to-the-minute is sufficient. The other option is to use DATEPART to concatenate the time yourself. This is a bit messier, but is useful, for example, if you only want the minutes and are not concerned about the actual hour. I can't think of a practical use for this, but one must exist.
If you want to build an entire time string on your own, you could do this:
Now, you might find that minutes less than 10 will result in weird padding; for example, if you were going to use this technique for building a time string on your own, you could end up with a result as follows:
This would be 5:03, but could obviously be misconstrued by the user. Here is how I work around this scenario:
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