How can I convert string (YYMMDD) to datetime using derived column transformation?

Question

I have an input text file, which consists of few columns namely TransactionID, receiveddt, description etc. The recieveddt co

Answer 1

Try this:

(DT_DATE)("20" + SUBSTRING(receivedt,1,2) + "-" + SUBSTRING(receivedt,3,2) + "-" + SUBSTRING(receivedt,5,2))

Note that this conversion assumes that all dates are in the current century. If you have dates in the previous century, you should add a condition to check for that.

Also define an error path for your derived column transformation to catch misformatted dates. You can then, for example, give them a default value.