Convert varchar to datetime in sql which is having millisec

Question

I have a column abc varchar(100) with data like 2011-09-26 16:36:57.810000

I want to convert this column to DATETIME...

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Answer 1

SQL Server only supports 3 decimal places for milliseconds, so the following will work:

Convert(DATETIME, SUBSTRING(abc, 0, 24) ,120)