SQL Eval Function DateTime_ToBinary

DateTime_ToBinary serializes the currDate object to a 64-bit binary value that subsequently can be used to recreate the DateTime object.

DateTime_ToBinary (
	@currDate DATETIME
	)
RETURNS BIGINT

Parameters

  • currDate: The current datetime object.

Returns

A 64-bit signed integer that encodes the DateTime.Kind and DateTime.Ticks properties.

Example

DECLARE @var BIGINT
SELECT @var = SQLNET::DateTime_ToBinary('2015-5-25')
SELECT SQLNET::DateTime_FromBinary(@var)


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