How to convert int to date in SQL Server 2008

Question

I am using MS SQL Server 2008, and in a table I have column idate as date but in the integer format. But in the query I want that in the date format. Is it possible to conve

Answer 1

Reading through this helps solve a similar problem. The data is in decimal datatype - [DOB] [decimal](8, 0) NOT NULL - eg - 19700109. I want to get at the month. The solution is to combine SUBSTRING with CONVERT to VARCHAR.

    SELECT [NUM]
       ,SUBSTRING(CONVERT(VARCHAR, DOB),5,2) AS mob
    FROM [Dbname].[dbo].[Tablename]