Create SQL Server CLR Function (Date Time Conversion) UTC to PDST

 

Step 1. Enable the CLR integration with SQL 
sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1
GO
RECONFIGURE
GO
sp_configure 'clr enabled', 1
GO 
RECONFIGURE
Step 2. Make sure SQL Server Data Tools is Installed.
   a. Create a SQL Server Project
   b. add new item to the project. User Defined Function  
 
 
 
 // Create Your Code. This snippet converts utc to something else....
 
 

using System;

using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data.SqlTypes;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Server;

 public partial class UserDefinedFunctions{

    [Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]

    public static SqlString convert_timezone(DateTime datetime, String source_time_zone = "UTC", String destination_time_zone = "Pacific Standard Time")

   {        //set defaults

  return new SqlString(TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(datetime, TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById(source_time_zone), TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById(destination_time_zone)).ToString());
   }

}

 

 

 
 
 
 
 Build the Code.
 
 Connect to your DB:
 
 
 Generate the Script:
 
 
 
Run the script on your Database Server or use the Publish functionality of Visual Studio
 
 
test your sql function in SSMS:
 Select dbo .convert_timezone('2013-11-21 08:00:00.000','GMT Standard Time','Pacific Standard Time')
 
 
Errors and Debugging..... 
 
You may come across the following issue due to CLR permissions... 
 

Msg 6522, Level 16, State 2, Line 3

A .NET Framework error occurred during execution of user-defined routine or aggregate "convert_timezone":

System.Security.HostProtectionException: Attempted to perform an operation that was forbidden by the CLR host.

 

The protected resources (only available with full trust) were: All

The demanded resources were: MayLeakOnAbort

 
 
The first thing you want to do is set the DB Trust.... Run the following SQL: 
 
ALTER DATABASE SET TRUSTWORTHY ON
 
 
 Set the project to "Unsafe".
 
View the Project Propeties... The following window should appear. 
Set the Permission level to "UNSAFE". 
 
 
 
 
Redeploy,   Test your function again.
 
 
 
The beauty of this....... When converting from GMT , you can take daylight savings time into account without knowing when the "1 hour" switch took place. For instance. The following examples are all Midnight GMT for 4 consecutive days  with PDST (Pacific Daylight Savigs Time) taken into consideration on the 3rd.
 
 
 
-Don
 
 

Create SQL Server CLR Function (Date Time Conversion) UTC to PDST

In this guide we create a CLR Function for SQL Server 2012. The code should also work for SQL 2K8.