Convert varchar into datetime in SQL Server

Question

How do I convert a string of format mmddyyyy into datetime in SQL Server 2008?

My target column is in DateTime

I have tried with Convert and most of the Date style values however I get an error message:

'The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.'

Answer 1

OP wants mmddyy and a plain convert will not work for that:

select convert(datetime,'12312009')

Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 1 
The conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in 
an out-of-range datetime value

so try this:

DECLARE @Date char(8)
set @Date='12312009'
SELECT CONVERT(datetime,RIGHT(@Date,4)+LEFT(@Date,2)+SUBSTRING(@Date,3,2))

OUTPUT:

-----------------------
2009-12-31 00:00:00.000

(1 row(s) affected)