how to insert datetime into the SQL Database table?

Question

How can I insert datetime into the SQL Database table ? Is there a way to insert this query through the insert command in C# / .NET?

Answer 1

You will need to have a datetime column in a table. Then you can do an insert like the following to insert the current date:

INSERT INTO MyTable (MyDate) Values (GetDate())

If it is not today's date then you should be able to use a string and specify the date format:

INSERT INTO MyTable (MyDate) Values (Convert(DateTime,'19820626',112)) --6/26/1982

You do not always need to convert the string either, often you can just do something like:

INSERT INTO MyTable (MyDate) Values ('06/26/1982') 

And SQL Server will figure it out for you.