SQL Server - Convert date field to UTC

Question

I have recently updated my system to record date/times as UTC as previously they were storing as local time.

I now need to convert all the local stored date/times to

Answer 1

Here's my quick and dirty version. I know all of my dates were using the US Eastern time zone. You can change the offset or otherwise make it smarter as you need to. I was doing a one-time migration so this was Good Enough.

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[ConvertToUtc]
(
    @date datetime
)
RETURNS DATETIME
AS
BEGIN
    -- Declare the return variable here
    DECLARE @utcDate datetime;
    DECLARE @offset int;

    SET @offset = (SELECT CASE WHEN 
                                    @date BETWEEN '1987-04-05 02:00 AM' AND '1987-10-25 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '1988-04-03 02:00 AM' AND '1988-10-30 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '1989-04-02 02:00 AM' AND '1989-10-29 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '1990-04-01 02:00 AM' AND '1990-10-28 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '1991-04-07 02:00 AM' AND '1991-10-27 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '1992-04-05 02:00 AM' AND '1992-10-25 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '1993-04-04 02:00 AM' AND '1993-10-31 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '1994-04-03 02:00 AM' AND '1994-10-30 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '1995-04-02 02:00 AM' AND '1995-10-29 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '1996-04-07 02:00 AM' AND '1996-10-27 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '1997-04-06 02:00 AM' AND '1997-10-26 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '1998-04-05 02:00 AM' AND '1998-10-25 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '1999-04-04 02:00 AM' AND '1999-10-31 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2000-04-02 02:00 AM' AND '2000-10-29 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2001-04-01 02:00 AM' AND '2001-10-28 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2002-04-07 02:00 AM' AND '2002-10-27 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2003-04-06 02:00 AM' AND '2003-10-26 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2004-04-04 02:00 AM' AND '2004-10-31 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2005-04-03 02:00 AM' AND '2005-10-30 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2006-04-02 02:00 AM' AND '2006-10-29 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2007-03-11 02:00 AM' AND '2007-11-04 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2008-03-09 02:00 AM' AND '2008-11-02 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2009-03-08 02:00 AM' AND '2009-11-01 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2010-03-14 02:00 AM' AND '2010-11-07 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2011-03-13 02:00 AM' AND '2011-11-06 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2012-03-11 02:00 AM' AND '2012-11-04 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2013-03-10 02:00 AM' AND '2013-11-03 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2014-03-09 02:00 AM' AND '2014-11-02 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2015-03-08 02:00 AM' AND '2015-11-01 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2016-03-13 02:00 AM' AND '2016-11-06 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2017-03-12 02:00 AM' AND '2017-11-05 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2018-03-11 02:00 AM' AND '2018-11-04 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2019-03-10 02:00 AM' AND '2019-11-03 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2020-03-08 02:00 AM' AND '2020-11-01 02:00 AM'
                                 OR @date BETWEEN '2021-03-14 02:00 AM' AND '2021-11-07 02:00 AM'
                               THEN 4
                               ELSE 5 END);

    SELECT @utcDate = DATEADD(hh, @offset, @date)
    RETURN @utcDate;

END