Migrate SQL Server DateTime column to DateTimeOffset Migrate SQL Server DateTime column to DateTimeOffset sql sql

Migrate SQL Server DateTime column to DateTimeOffset


See below for doc, you probably want something like:

-- up here set the @time_zone variable.INSERT INTO Table_Temp    (Col0, ... ColN,)SELECT     COl0, TODATETIMEOFFSET(COLDATE, @time_zone),.... ColN, from Table_Original;

From MSDN

The SWITCHOFFSET function adjusts an input DATETIMEOFFSET value to a specified time zone, while preserving the UTC value. The syntax is SWITCHOFFSET(datetimeoffset_value, time_zone). For example, the following code adjusts the current system datetimeoffset value to time zone GMT +05:00:

SELECT SWITCHOFFSET(SYSDATETIMEOFFSET(), '-05:00');

So if the current system datetimeoffset value is February 12, 2009 10:00:00.0000000 -08:00, this code returns the value February 12, 2009 13:00:00.0000000 -05:00.

The TODATETIMEOFFSET function sets the time zone offset of an input date and time value. Its syntax is TODATETIMEOFFSET(date_and_time_value, time_zone).

This function is different from SWITCHOFFSET in several ways. First, it is not restricted to a datetimeoffset value as input; rather it accepts any date and time data type. Second, it does not try to adjust the time based on the time zone difference between the source value and the specified time zone but instead simply returns the input date and time value with the specified time zone as a datetimeoffset value.

The main purpose of the TODATETIMEOFFSET function is to convert types that are not time zone aware to DATETIMEOFFSET by the given time zone offset. If the given date and time value is a DATETIMEOFFSET, the TODATETIMEOFFSET function changes the DATETIMEOFFSET value based on the same original local date and time value plus the new given time zone offset.

For example, the current system datetimeoffset value is February 12, 2009 10:00:00.0000000 -08:00, and you run the following code:

SELECT TODATETIMEOFFSET(SYSDATETIMEOFFSET(), '-05:00');

The value February 12, 2009 10:00:00.0000000 -05:00 is returned. Remember that the SWITCHOFFSET function returned February 12, 2009 13:00:00.0000000 -05:00 because it adjusted the time based on the time zone differences between the input (-08:00) and the specified time zone (-05:00).

As mentioned earlier, you can use the TODATETIMEOFFSET function with any date and time data type as input. For example, the following code takes the current system date and time value and returns it as a datetimeoffset value with a time zone -00:05:

SELECT TODATETIMEOFFSET(SYSDATETIME(), '-05:00');


If you're using a version of SQL Server that knows of the datetimeoffset type, this syntax will work for getting you the local tz offset of the server:

select datepart(tz,sysdatetimeoffset())

The result is in MINUTES.


These conversions functions will not work correctly if DST saving is active in the target timezone, as the timezone offset changes inside the same year.