{"id":1935,"date":"2019-05-02T21:57:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T14:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/?page_id=1935"},"modified":"2020-04-11T20:12:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T13:12:08","slug":"sql-server-timefromparts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-date-functions\/sql-server-timefromparts\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server TIMEFROMPARTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you will learn how to return a time value for the specified time with the specified precision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='introduction-to-sql-server-timefromparts-function'>Introduction to SQL Server TIMEFROMPARTS() function <a href=\"#introduction-to-sql-server-timefromparts-function\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"introduction-to-sql-server-timefromparts-function\" title=\"Anchor for Introduction to SQL Server &lt;code&gt;TIMEFROMPARTS()&lt;\/code&gt; function\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>TIMEFROMPARTS()<\/code> function returns a fully initialized time value. It requires five arguments as shown in the following syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">TIMEFROMPARTS ( hour, minute, seconds, fractions, precision )  \n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>hour &#8211; specifies hours.<\/li><li>minute &#8211; specifies minutes.<\/li><li>seconds &#8211; specifies seconds.<\/li><li>fractions &#8211; specifies fractions.<\/li><li>precision &#8211; specifies the precision of the time value. The precision cannot be null. If it is null, the function will raise an error.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>TIMEFROMPARTS()<\/code> function returns a value of type <code>time(precision)<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='sql-server-timefromparts-function-example'>SQL Server TIMEFROMPARTS() function example <a href=\"#sql-server-timefromparts-function-example\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"sql-server-timefromparts-function-example\" title=\"Anchor for SQL Server &lt;code&gt;TIMEFROMPARTS()&lt;\/code&gt; function example\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s take some examples of using the <code>TIMEFROMPARTS()<\/code> function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='a-using-timefromparts-function-to-return-a-time-without-fractions-of-a-second'>A) Using TIMEFROMPARTS() function to return a time without fractions of a second <a href=\"#a-using-timefromparts-function-to-return-a-time-without-fractions-of-a-second\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"a-using-timefromparts-function-to-return-a-time-without-fractions-of-a-second\" title=\"Anchor for A) Using &lt;code&gt;TIMEFROMPARTS()&lt;\/code&gt; function to return a time without fractions of a second\">#<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The following example shows how to use the <code>TIMEFROMPARTS()<\/code> function to return a time without fraction:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TIMEFROMPARTS<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">23<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">59<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">59<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">AS<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">Time<\/span>;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Here is the output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">Time\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\">----------------<\/span>\n23:59:59\n\n(1 row affected)\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='b-using-timefromparts-function-to-return-a-time-with-fractions-of-a-second'>B) Using TIMEFROMPARTS() function to return a time with fractions of a second <a href=\"#b-using-timefromparts-function-to-return-a-time-with-fractions-of-a-second\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"b-using-timefromparts-function-to-return-a-time-with-fractions-of-a-second\" title=\"Anchor for B) Using &lt;code&gt;TIMEFROMPARTS()&lt;\/code&gt; function to return a time with fractions of a second\">#<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This example demonstrates how to use the <code>TIMEFROMPARTS()<\/code> function with the fractions and precision parameters:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TIMEFROMPARTS<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">06<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">30<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">15<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>) <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">Time<\/span>;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The output is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">Time\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\">----------------<\/span>\n06:30:15.05\n\n(1 row affected)\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-5\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this example, when the <em class=\"\">fractions<\/em>&nbsp;has a value of 5 and&nbsp;<em class=\"\">precision<\/em> has a value of 2, then the value of <em>fractions <\/em>represents 5\/100 or 0.05 of a second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this tutorial, you have learned how to use the SQL Server <code>TIMEFROMPARTS()<\/code> function to return a time value.<\/p>\n<div class=\"helpful-block-content\" data-title=\"\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"wth-question\">Was this tutorial helpful?<\/div>\n\t\t<div 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