I have a DateTime variable with the value 2024-08-12T18:30:00, which is in UTC. While inserting this value into SQL Server, I want to ensure it retains the UTC designation. Specifically, I’d like the value to be stored as 2024-08-12T18:30:00.000Z (where the “Z” indicates UTC), or alternatively, with an explicit offset like 2024-08-12 18:30:00.0000000 +00:00.
On the frontend, I’m using JavaScript’s new Date() function, which automatically converts the date to the local time based on the presence of “Z” or the offset.
I am using INSERT INTO function, How can I ensure that the date is saved in SQL Server with the “Z” or with the UTC offset, so that it correctly indicates UTC time?
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DATETIMEOFFSET data type deals with time zones:
Create Table tbl (id INT, datetime_dt DATETIME, dt_offset_dt DATETIMEOFFSET );
Insert Into tbl
Select 1, '2024-08.31 12:00:00', '2024-08-31 12:00:00 +00:00' Union All
Select 2, '2024-08.31 12:00:00', '2024-08-31 12:00:00.0000000 +02:00' ;
Select * From tbl
id datetime_dt dt_offset_dt
-- ----------------------- ----------------------------------
1 2024-08-31 12:00:00.000 2024-08-31 12:00:00.0000000 +00:00
2 2024-08-31 12:00:00.000 2024-08-31 12:00:00.0000000 +02:00