Question

I’m newer in T-SQL.So maybe my question will seem naive.

I need to retrieve current date with help of TSQL query.

I can implement this by GETDATE() function but the function

returns me this format 04-03-2012 13:58:02,

I need to get only the date without hour minute and seconds.

Any idea how to do this?

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

This will remove the time from the datetime object. Therefore it will be in the format 04-03-2012 00:00:00

DECLARE @d datetime
SET @d = GETDATE()
SET @d = DATEADD(dd, 0, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, @d))

SELECT @d

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If you wish to not send any time back at all, then this is not strictly a datetime object, and you should pass it as a string:

SELECT CONVERT(NVARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 101)

Personally however, I would always send back the value as a datetime object, and then format the date at application level. Once a date is converted to a string, its bad practice to try and convert this back to a date, and could cause you problems later down the line.