{"id":140,"date":"2015-11-04T19:57:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T19:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zappysys.com\/blog\/?p=140"},"modified":"2026-06-18T22:45:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:45:04","slug":"ssis-yyyymmdd-date-format-using-ssis-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zappysys.com\/blog\/ssis-yyyymmdd-date-format-using-ssis-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"SSIS YYYYMMDD date format using SSIS expression"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Format Date &#8211; SSIS YYYYMMDD from date<\/h2>\n<p>Often, you need to create file paths with a timestamp using an <em>SSIS Expression<\/em>.\u00a0You can use SSIS Expressions<br \/>\nBelow is a simple expression that will produce a file path with the current timestamp<\/p>\n<pre>\"C:\\\\Folder\\\\MyFile_\"\r\n+ (DT_STR, 4, 1252) DATEPART(\"yyyy\" , GETDATE())\r\n+ RIGHT(\"0\" + (DT_STR, 2, 1252) DATEPART(\"mm\" , GETDATE()), 2)\r\n+ RIGHT(\"0\" + (DT_STR, 2, 1252) DATEPART(\"dd\" , GETDATE()), 2) + \".json\"\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><b>Sample Output<\/b><br \/>\n<code>C:\\Folder\\MyFile_20151231.json<\/code><\/p>\n<h2>Convert Date &#8211; SSIS YYYYMMDD to Date<\/h2>\n<pre>--\/\/ For Control Flow \/\/---\r\n(DT_DATE)(SUBSTRING(@[yourDateAsStr],1,4) \r\n+ \"-\" + SUBSTRING(@[yourDateAsStr],5,2) \r\n+ \"-\" + SUBSTRING(@[yourDateAsStr],7,2))\r\n\r\n--\/\/ For Data Flow \/\/--\r\n(DT_DATE)(SUBSTRING([field],1,4) \r\n+ \"-\" + SUBSTRING([field],5,2) \r\n+ \"-\" + SUBSTRING([field],7,2))\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2>Set the SSIS Expression to format the property with a datetime<\/h2>\n<p>Below is an example of how to set the property expression<\/p>\n<pre>\"C:\\\\Folder\\\\MyFile_\"\r\n+ (DT_STR, 4, 1252) DATEPART(\"yyyy\", GETDATE())\r\n+ RIGHT(\"0\" + (DT_STR, 2, 1252) DATEPART(\"mm\", GETDATE()), 2)\r\n+ RIGHT(\"0\" + (DT_STR, 2, 1252) DATEPART(\"dd\", GETDATE()), 2)\r\n+ \".json\"\r\n<\/pre>\n<div id=\"attachment_12270\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zappysys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Expressions1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12270\" class=\"wp-image-12270 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/zappysys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Expressions1.png\" alt=\"SSIS YYYYMMDD date format - Use datetime in file path\" width=\"565\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zappysys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Expressions1.png 565w, https:\/\/zappysys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Expressions1-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SSIS YYYYMMDD date format &#8211; Use datetime in file path<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Variable Placeholder Approach to format datetime in SSIS<\/h2>\n<p>Using Variable Placeholders in <a href=\"\/\/zappysys.com\/products\/ssis-powerpack\/\">SSIS PowerPack Tasks<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12271\" style=\"width: 698px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zappysys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SSIS-Send-HTML-Email-Task-\u2013-Using-Variable-Placeholders-Recordset-Resultset-in-Body.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12271\" class=\"wp-image-12271 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/zappysys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SSIS-Send-HTML-Email-Task-\u2013-Using-Variable-Placeholders-Recordset-Resultset-in-Body.png\" alt=\"SSIS Send HTML Email Task \u2013 Using Variable Placeholders (Recordset Resultset in Body)\" width=\"688\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zappysys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SSIS-Send-HTML-Email-Task-\u2013-Using-Variable-Placeholders-Recordset-Resultset-in-Body.png 688w, https:\/\/zappysys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SSIS-Send-HTML-Email-Task-\u2013-Using-Variable-Placeholders-Recordset-Resultset-in-Body-300x273.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SSIS Send HTML Email Task \u2013 Using Variable Placeholders (Recordset Resultset in Body)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Format Date &#8211; 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