In Airbyte, the conversion of datetime to string is handled automatically by the source connectors. For example, in the case of the MS SQL Server Source Connector, it converts every Dateformat to String. Similarly, the MySQL connector also replicates Datetime columns as string. However, if you need to manually convert a datetime to a string in a specific format, you would typically use a transformation step after the data has been extracted by Airbyte. This could be done using a tool like dbt (Data Build Tool) or in the destination itself if it supports SQL or a similar language. Here’s an example of how you might do this in SQL: sql SELECT FORMAT(your_datetime_column, 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss') as formatted_datetime FROM your_table This would convert the datetime values in your_datetime_column to strings in the format ‘yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss’. Please note that the specific function and syntax you would use to format the datetime as a string can vary depending on the SQL dialect used by your destination. Sources: - Forum Post: MS SQL Server: How to keep a Date being a Date - Forum Post: Source MySQL Datetime column is replicated with microseconds