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SQL | Archived exercise | Show years elapsed for each event
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Software ==> | SQL (198 exercises) |
Version ==> | Any version of SQL Server |
Topic ==> | Archived (70 exercises) |
Level ==> | Relatively easy |
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If you haven't already got it set up in SQL server, restore the Historical Events database from the above folder.
Create the following query, using:
- CONVERT to convert the date of each event to a more readable format; and
- DATEDIFF to show the difference between each event's date and today in years
Your final output should look like this (sorted in reverse date order):

The DateDiff syntax is: DateDiff(year,EarlierDate,LaterDate)
Save this query as Am I really that old, then close it down.