RE: Get DATE part of the DATETIME

ChrisM@Work

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February 5, 2008 at 2:17 am

#775017

Skinning a cat innit:

SELECT [DateOnly] = CAST(FLOOR(CAST(GETDATE() AS FLOAT)) AS DATETIME) -- CAST / FLOOR / CAST

SELECT [DateOnly] = dateadd(dd,datediff(dd, 0, getdate()), 0) -- DATEADD / DATEDIFF

SELECT [DateOnly] = CAST(CAST(GETDATE() AS INT) AS DATETIME) -- CAST / CAST

SELECT [DateOnly] = CAST(CONVERT(CHAR(8), GETDATE(), 112) AS DATETIME) -- CAST / CONVERT

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