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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

How to convert Excel serial date (integer) to SQL date format

7:41 AM By Ongun Demirler Excel, SQL No comments

For dates between 01.01.1900 and 28.02.1900 subtract 1 from integer to find correct date. For dates 01.03.1900 onwards subtract 2 from integer to find correct date. So it is safe to assume following will work: SELECT DATEADD(DAY,<VALUE> -2,...

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