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Exercise

Changing a date's offset

We can use the SWITCHOFFSET() function to change the time zone of a DATETIME, DATETIME2, or DATETIMEOFFSET typed date or a valid date string. SWITCHOFFSET() takes two parameters: the date or string as input and the time zone offset. It returns the time in that new time zone, so 3:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time will become 2:00 AM Central Daylight Time.

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro started at 11 PM UTC on August 8th, 2016. Starting with a string containing that date and time, we can see what time that was in other locales.

Instructions
100 XP
  • Fill in the appropriate function call for Brasilia, Brazil.
  • Fill in the appropriate function call and time zone for Chicago, Illinois. In August, Chicago is 2 hours behind Brasilia Standard Time.
  • Fill in the appropriate function call and time zone for New Delhi, India. India does not observe Daylight Savings Time, so in August, New Delhi is 8 1/2 hours ahead of Brasilia Standard Time.