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How to add Hours, Minutes, Seconds to a DateTime in Sql Server

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In this article we will discuss on How to add Hours, Minutes, Seconds to a DateTime in Sql Server?

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How to add Hours to DateTime in Sql Server?

We can use DATEADD() function like below to add hours to DateTime in Sql Server. DATEADD() functions first parameter value can be hour or hh all will return the same result. Below example shows how we can add two hours to Current DateTime in Sql Server:

SELECT GETDATE() 'Now',
           DATEADD(hour,2,GETDATE()) 'Now + 2 Hours'
SELECT GETDATE() 'Now',
           DATEADD(hh,2,GETDATE()) 'Now + 2 Hours'

RESULT:
Add Hours to DateTime in Sql Server

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How to add Minutes to DateTime in Sql Server?

We can use DATEADD() function like below to add minutes to DateTime in Sql Server. DATEADD() functions first parameter value can be minute or mi or n all will return the same result. Below example shows how we can add two minutes to Current DateTime in Sql Server:

SELECT GETDATE() 'Now',
           DATEADD(minute,2,GETDATE()) 'Now + 2 Minutes'
SELECT GETDATE() 'Now',
           DATEADD(mi,2,GETDATE()) 'Now + 2 Minutes'
SELECT GETDATE() 'Now',
           DATEADD(n,2,GETDATE()) 'Now + 2 Minutes'

RESULT:
Add Minutes to DateTime in Sql Server 1

How to add Seconds to DateTime in Sql Server?

We can use DATEADD() function like below to add seconds to DateTime in Sql Server. DATEADD() functions first parameter value can be second or ss or s all will return the same result. Below example shows how we can add two seconds to Current DateTime in Sql Server:

SELECT GETDATE() 'Now',
           DATEADD(second,2,GETDATE()) 'Now + 2 Seconds'
SELECT GETDATE() 'Now',
           DATEADD(ss,2,GETDATE()) 'Now + 2 Seconds'
SELECT GETDATE() 'Now',
           DATEADD(s,2,GETDATE()) 'Now + 2 Seconds'

RESULT:
Add Seconds to DateTime in Sql Server

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How to add Days, Weeks, Months, Quarters or Years to a Date in Sql Server

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In this article we will discuss on How to add Days, Weeks, Months, Quarters or Years to a Date in Sql Server?

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How to add Days to DateTime in Sql Server?

We can use DATEADD() function like below to add days to DateTime in Sql Server. DATEADD() functions first parameter value can be day or dd or d all will return the same result. Below example shows how we can add two days to Current DateTime in Sql Server:

SELECT GETDATE() 'Today', 
           DATEADD(day,2,GETDATE()) 'Today + 2 Days'
SELECT GETDATE() 'Today', 
           DATEADD(dd,2,GETDATE()) 'Today + 2 Days'
SELECT GETDATE() 'Today', 
           DATEADD(d,2,GETDATE()) 'Today + 2 Days'

RESULT:
Add days to DateTime in Sql Server

Alternatively, we can add Days to Date like below in Sql Server. In the below example we are add adding 2 days to a DateTime.

SELECT GETDATE() 'Today', GETDATE() + 2 'Today + 2 Days'

RESULT:
Add days to DateTime in Sql Server 1

How to add Weeks to DateTime in Sql Server?

We can use DATEADD() function to add weeks to DateTime in Sql Server. DATEADD() functions first parameter value can be week or wk or ww, all will return the same result. Below example shows how we can add two weeks to Current DateTime in Sql Server:

SELECT GETDATE() 'Today',
           DATEADD(week,2,GETDATE()) 'Today + 2 Weeks'
SELECT GETDATE() 'Today',
           DATEADD(wk,2,GETDATE()) 'Today + 2 weeks'
SELECT GETDATE() 'Today',
           DATEADD(ww,2,GETDATE()) 'Today + 2 Weeks'

RESULT:
Add Weeks to DateTime in Sql Server 1

How to add Months to DateTime in Sql Server?

We can use DATEADD() function like below to add Months to DateTime in Sql Server. DATEADD() functions first parameter value can be month or mm or m, all will return the same result. Below example shows how we can add two months to Current DateTime in Sql Server:

SELECT GETDATE() 'Today', 
           DATEADD(month,2,GETDATE()) 'Today + 2 Months'
SELECT GETDATE() 'Today',
           DATEADD(mm,2,GETDATE()) 'Today + 2 Months'
SELECT GETDATE() 'Today',
           DATEADD(m,2,GETDATE()) 'Today + 2 Months'

RESULT:
Add Months to DateTime in Sql Server

How to add Quarters to DateTime in Sql Server?

We can use DATEADD() function like below to add Quarters to DateTime in Sql Server. DATEADD() functions first parameter value can be quarter or qq or q, all will return the same result. Below example shows how we can add two months to Current DateTime in Sql Server:

SELECT GETDATE() 'Today',
           DATEADD(quarter,2,GETDATE()) 'Today + 2 Quarters'
SELECT GETDATE() 'Today',
           DATEADD(qq,2,GETDATE()) 'Today + 2 Quarters'
SELECT GETDATE() 'Today',
           DATEADD(q,2,GETDATE()) 'Today + 2 Quarters'

RESULT:
Add Quarters to DateTime in Sql Server

How to add Years to DateTime in Sql Server?

We can use DATEADD() function like below to add Years to DateTime in Sql Server. DATEADD() functions first parameter value can be year or yyyy or yy, all will return the same result. Below example shows how we can add two Years to Current DateTime in Sql Server:

SELECT GETDATE() 'Today',
           DATEADD(year,2,GETDATE()) 'Today + 2 Years'
SELECT GETDATE() 'Today',
           DATEADD(yyyy,2,GETDATE()) 'Today + 2 Years'
SELECT GETDATE() 'Today',
           DATEADD(yy,2,GETDATE()) 'Today + 2 Years'

RESULT:
Add Years to DateTime in Sql Server

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How to find whether a Table is referenced by the Foreign Key constraint defined in another Table – sql server

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We can use script like below to identify whether a Table is referenced by another Tables foreign key constraints in Sql Server:

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SELECT OBJECT_NAME (FK.referenced_object_id) 'Referenced Table', 
 OBJECT_NAME(FK.parent_object_id) 'Referring Table', 
 FK.name 'Foreign Key', 
 COL_NAME(FK.referenced_object_id, FKC.referenced_column_id) 'Referenced Column',
 COL_NAME(FK.parent_object_id,FKC.parent_column_id) 'Referring Column'
FROM sys.foreign_keys AS FK
		INNER JOIN sys.foreign_key_columns AS FKC 
			ON FKC.constraint_object_id = FK.OBJECT_ID
WHERE OBJECT_NAME (FK.referenced_object_id) = 'Enter Table Name'

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Let us understand this with an example:

Below script creates a database SqlHintsDemo and adds to tables Customer and Order to it. Here foreign key constraints FK_Order_Customer defined on the Order Table CustID column refers to the CustomerId column of the Customer table.

CREATE DATABASE SqlHintsDemo
GO
USE SqlHintsDemo
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Customer] (
[CustomerId] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL 
 PRIMARY KEY  CLUSTERED) 
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Order] (
	[OrderID] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL 
         PRIMARY KEY  CLUSTERED ,
	[CustID] [int] NOT NULL ,	
	CONSTRAINT [FK_Order_Customer] FOREIGN KEY 
	([CustID]) REFERENCES [dbo].[Customer] ([CustomerId]) 
) 
GO

We can use a script like below to identify whether the Customer Table is referred by any other Tables foreign key constraint:

SELECT OBJECT_NAME (FK.referenced_object_id) 'Referenced Table', 
 OBJECT_NAME(FK.parent_object_id) 'Referring Table', FK.name 'Foreign Key', 
 COL_NAME(FK.referenced_object_id, FKC.referenced_column_id) 'Referenced Column',
 COL_NAME(FK.parent_object_id,FKC.parent_column_id) 'Referring Column'
FROM sys.foreign_keys AS FK
		INNER JOIN sys.foreign_key_columns AS FKC 
			ON FKC.constraint_object_id = FK.OBJECT_ID
WHERE OBJECT_NAME (FK.referenced_object_id) = 'Customer'

RESULT:
Table Referenced by Another Tables Foregin Key Constraint