DATETIME2FROMPARTS()

This function returns a datetime2 value for the specified date and time arguments. The returned value has a precision specified by the precision argument.

Signature

DATETIME2FROMPARTS ( year, month, day, hour, minute, seconds, fractions, precision )

Parameters

  • year — An integer expression that specifies a year.
  • month — An integer expression that specifies a month.
  • day — An integer expression that specifies a day.
  • hour — An integer expression that specifies the hours.
  • minute — An integer expression that specifies the minutes.
  • seconds — An integer expression that specifies the seconds.
  • fractions — An integer expression that specifies a fractional seconds value.
  • precision — An integer expression that specifies the precision of the datetime2 value that `DATETIME2FROMPARTS` will return.

Examples

SELECT DATETIME2FROMPARTS ( 2010, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59, 0, 0 ) AS Result;
2010-12-31 23:59:59

Run against SQL Server 16.0.4265.3 on 2026-09-13. This is the output we got, not the documentation’s.

Available on

  • SQL Server 2017 and later
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure SQL Managed Instance
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Analytics Platform System (PDW)
  • Fabric SQL database

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