SQL Server Varchar to Datetime conversion

Question

I have a varchar representing a datetime in this form :

dd-MM-yyyy HH:MI:SS AM    

How can I convert it to datetime type ?

I have checked the list of standards of datetime here But I see no corresponding one to my format above.

Answer 1

Cast it directly

select CAST('10-02-2014 05:10:22 AM ' AS DATETIME)

Try this too..

 select CONVERT(varchar(15),GETDATE(),105)+' '+CONVERT(varchar(30),CONVERT(VARCHAR,GETDATE(),108))+' '+SUBSTRING(CONVERT(varchar(30),CONVERT(VARCHAR,GETDATE(),100)),18,2)