sql server - How to order by date when the column is not date formatted? -

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the database i'm querying has user table column containing date user registered website.

the date entered varchar column without proper date formatting this:

apr 18 2013 12:27pm

when select max (datecolumn) value half way across range of dates. i've considered using substrings grab year, month, date , order them in sequence. problem dates days starting 0 shortened 1 character this:

may 1 2013 12:27pm

is there simple way find highest date, without altering database structure?

try select max(convert(datetime, datecolumn, 109))

further information on converting between datatypes in sqlserver (including date formats) here.


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