How to convert string in format yyyyMMdd to date using SSIS expression?

Fast Parse is a much more elegant solution

  1. Add a Data Conversion Data Flow Component.
  2. Right click, Show Advanced Editor…
  3. Goto Input and Output Properties
  4. Expand Data Conversion Output and click on the date column
  5. Set FastParse to True in the Custom Properties
  6. Make sure the data type is set to database date [DT_DBDATE]
  7. Run the ssis package again the yyyymmdd dates should flow smoothly from nvarchar to date

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