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  • February 5, 2008 at 7:11 am

    #775114

    DECLARE @TheDate DATETIME

    SET @TheDate = '2008-02-05 23:59:59.997'

    SELECT @TheDate

    SELECT CAST(CAST(@TheDate-0.5000000385803 AS INT) AS DATETIME)

    SET @TheDate = '2008-02-05 00:00:00.000'

    SELECT CAST(CAST(@TheDate-0.5000000385803 AS INT) AS DATETIME)

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