how to remove time portion in the date (in datetime format)

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I have migrated data from Ms Access to SQL Server 2008 where one of the field (ApplicationDate) is in datetime data type. in SQL Server 2008, i want it to be in date datatype only. The problem is, i want to remove the time part from date so after that i can convert the datatype. How can I do that?
this is the convert function that im going to use:

C++

CONVERT(varchar(20), Getdate(), 105)

The result that i look forward is:
from

C++

2011-05-08 00:00:00.000

becomes 08-05-2011(dd:mm:yyyy)

Posted 4-Aug-11 17:01pm

snamyna

Updated 4-Aug-11 17:02pm

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thatraja · Answer 1 · 2011-08-04T17:14:00

Solution 1

Here you go

How to format datetime & date in Sql Server 2005[^]

Posted 4-Aug-11 17:14pm

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snamyna 4-Aug-11 23:16pm

thanks for the answer. but before i change the date format, i think i need to change the data first to date only. am i right? so how am i going to trim the time part from the date?

thatraja 4-Aug-11 23:20pm

While changing the format(particular) it removes the portion too. For your req use SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 103) or SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 105), try that.

snamyna 4-Aug-11 23:23pm

i did this before but it does not change the data, because it only takes effect when i want to view it. the data still as the same. i think i need to trim the date. but how?

thatraja 4-Aug-11 23:25pm

Can you please share your code?

Soft009 · Answer 2 · 2011-08-04T18:30:00

Solution 2

Hi
try this

SQL

select CONVERT (char(10),getdate(),101)

Thanks.

Posted 4-Aug-11 18:30pm

Soft009

snamyna · Answer 3 · 2011-08-07T17:31:00

Solution 3

Ok..thanks everybody.. i have succeed! :)

Posted 7-Aug-11 17:31pm

snamyna