>>Hi
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>>I'm processing some csv files and I want to move the processed file to another location and rename it with a datetime string
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>>yyymmddhhmmss
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>>anyone know the easiest way to return that string from GETDATE()
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>>Thanks
>>
>>Nick
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>CAST(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(convert(CHAR(19),GETDATE(),126 ),'-',''),'T',''),':','') AS CHAR(14))

T-SQL really makes you jump through hoops sometimes, doesn't it? Even getting the date portion of a datetime is verbose and ugly. It mystifies that it hasn't been simplified by now.