From 97fd2eb8186fcb706440f5ca1423d86947eb8426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Javier Callico <jcallico@callicode.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:44:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Added special handling for columns of type [date] when
 generating kettle scripts.

---
 sqlserver2pgsql.pl | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sqlserver2pgsql.pl b/sqlserver2pgsql.pl
index 672aecf..126504b 100755
--- a/sqlserver2pgsql.pl
+++ b/sqlserver2pgsql.pl
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ sub convert_numeric_to_int
 }
 
 # This is a list of the types that require a cast to be imported in kettle
-my %types_to_cast = ('uuid'  => '1',);
+my %types_to_cast = ('uuid'  => '1','date'  => '1');
 
 # This sub adds a cast (if not defined already) if
 # - we generate for kettle
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ sub add_cast
     my ($type)=@_;
     if (defined $types_to_cast{$type})
     {
-        $objects->{CASTS}->{uuid}=1;
+        $objects->{CASTS}->{$type}=1;
     }
 }
 
@@ -327,11 +327,15 @@ sub convert_type
 sub sql_convert_column
 {
     my ($colname,$coltype)=@_;
-    my %functions = ( 'uuid' => 'lower');
+    my %functions = ( 'uuid' => 'lower' );
     if (defined ($functions{$coltype}))
     {
         return $functions{$coltype} . '([' . $colname . '])';
     }
+    elsif ($coltype eq 'date')
+    {
+        return 'convert(varchar, [' . $colname . '], 120)';
+    }
     else
     {
         return "[$colname]";

From ba979a425a020d1e3bf0532f3fa297745542af7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Javier Callico <jcallico@callicode.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:03:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Making sql_convert_column function a little more generic.

---
 sqlserver2pgsql.pl | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sqlserver2pgsql.pl b/sqlserver2pgsql.pl
index 126504b..82ea4a0 100755
--- a/sqlserver2pgsql.pl
+++ b/sqlserver2pgsql.pl
@@ -327,14 +327,10 @@ sub convert_type
 sub sql_convert_column
 {
     my ($colname,$coltype)=@_;
-    my %functions = ( 'uuid' => 'lower' );
+    my %functions = ( 'uuid' => 'lower({colname})', 'date' => 'convert(varchar, {colname}, 120)' );
     if (defined ($functions{$coltype}))
     {
-        return $functions{$coltype} . '([' . $colname . '])';
-    }
-    elsif ($coltype eq 'date')
-    {
-        return 'convert(varchar, [' . $colname . '], 120)';
+		return $functions{$coltype} =~ s/\{colname\}/[$colname]/r;
     }
     else
     {