The following example is approximately the opposite of the previous example. The example displays a date and time as character data, uses CAST to change the character data to the datetime data type, and then uses CONVERT to change the character data to the datetime data type.
Use a period inside a parenthetical when the full sentence inside the parentheses ends. Use a period inside a parenthetical when the full sentence inside the parentheses ends.
Point out that when two or more sets of parentheses are used in. the same expression, the operation inside the inner parentheses is. done first. In ((6 â 4) - 2) / 2, 6 times 4 is the operation in the. inner parentheses. The operation in the outer parentheses is done. next, followed by all the remaining operations.