Parse strings to dates

Changing our language for data loading is not always feasible. Instead of using the SET LANGUAGE syntax, we can instead use the PARSE() function to parse a string as a date type using a specific locale.

We will once again use the dbo.Dates table, this time parsing all of the dates as German using the de-de locale.

This exercise is part of the course

Time Series Analysis in SQL Server

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Exercise instructions

Parse DateText as dates using the German locale (de-de).
Then, parse DateText as the data type DATETIME2(7), still using the German locale.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

SELECT
	d.DateText AS String,
	-- Parse as DATE using German
	___(d.___ AS DATE USING ___) AS StringAsDate,
	-- Parse as DATETIME2(7) using German
	___(d.___ AS DATETIME2(7) USING ___) AS StringAsDateTime2
FROM dbo.Dates d;

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