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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 allows you to specify date data as an unseparated string. The date data can be specified with 4, 6, or 8 digits, an empty string, or a time value without a date value.
The SET DATEFORMAT session setting does not apply to all-numeric date entries such as numeric entries without separators. The 6-digit or 8-digit strings are always interpreted as ymd. The month and day must always be 2 digits.
This is the valid unseparated string format:
[19]960415
A string of only 4 digits is interpreted as the year. The month and date are set to January 1. When specifying only 4 digits, you must include the century.