PARSE is a T-SQL function that transforms a string expression into a date/time or number type. It accepts two parameters and an optional third parameter for culture.

Excel has over 475 formulas in its Functions Library, but we've selected the most popular, from date and time functions to mathematics and simple data manipulation.

Part 1 of this article introduced four new T-SQL functions available in SQL Server 2012. Part 2 has the rest.