Replace SQL Server DateTime records of a column with UTC time

Here’s how to convert a DateTime column record with UTC time

-- SAMPLE DATA
DECLARE @TT TABLE (EID int, CheckIn DATETIME)
INSERT INTO @TT VALUES (2, 'April 02, 2010 11:25am')
INSERT INTO @TT VALUES (4, 'April 03, 2010 9:55am')
INSERT INTO @TT VALUES (5, 'April 07, 2010 11:24am')
INSERT INTO @TT VALUES (2, 'April 10, 2010 11:22am')
INSERT INTO @TT VALUES (3, 'April 15, 2010 5:27am')

-- QUERY
UPDATE @TT
SET CheckIn = DATEADD(hh, DATEDIFF(hh, GETDATE(), GETUTCDATE()), CheckIn)
  
SELECT * FROM @TT

OUTPUT

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After

You can also check my post UTC or GMT time in SQL Server 2005/2008

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