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DATETIME_FORMAT generate error in DATEADD

posted Dec 18, 2018 4:38:23 AM

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I get an error when I use DATEADD with a date I formated in another field with DATETIME_FORMAT.
Is there a way to “unformat” a date?

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DATETIME_FORMAT() returns a string, so you can’t use then DATEADD(). You can:

Use the DATEADD() before the DATETIME_FORMAT()
Use DATETIME_PARSE() to get back a date, and then use the DATEADD()