Question

In my ASP.NET (C#) project, I’m inserting some data into a database.

INSERT INTO USERS (username,join_date) VALUES('Ali',GETDATE());

Now when I’m fetching the date from the database, I’m using DateTime.

SqlDataReader r = Command.ExecuteReader();
r.Read();
myDate = r.getDateTime(0);

And when I’m inserting this in some DIV, I do this.

"<div>"+myDate.ToLongTimeString()+"</div>"

I get the correct date as in day/month/year, but the hour is always 12:00:00 AM.

How can I get the exact time?

Answer 1

Using DATE as your column type means you are only storing the date not the time.

Therefore when you read the value back into a DateTime object the system has to initialise the time part – to midnight.

Convert the column to DATETIME and you’ll get the time component stored as well.

For more information on the difference see the MSDN page on Date and Time Data Types and Functions