datetime column to only pull the date and exclude the time

Question

Need to pull only the date value from a datetime column using basic SQL against MS SQL server 2008 R2.  Cast and Substring statements do not work because of the data type is datetime not char or varchar.

Answer 1

Hello,

Please , could you have a look at this link ?

http://beyondrelational.com/modules/2/blogs/70/posts/17535/different-ways-to-remove-time-part-from-datetime-values.aspx

It is possible that it could be useful for you

Have a nice day

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Answer 2

Can you explain why " select cast(mydatetimecolumn as date) as newdatecolumn from ..." does not work?  Alternatively, you could convert the datetime column to char in whichever format you want and then grab just the date portion using string functions. 

Answer 3

Hi Delores,

How about this code:

SELECT DATEADD(dd, 0, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, @your_date))

Or try to use convert:

select CONVERT(date, getdate())

If you want to select the data from any table, using this format:

select CONVERT(date, columnname) as newcol from table

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Iric
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Answer 4

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1	02/22/06	CONVERT(CHAR(8), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 1)
2	06.02.22	CONVERT(CHAR(8), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 2)
3	22/02/06	CONVERT(CHAR(8), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 3)
4	22.02.06	CONVERT(CHAR(8), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 4)
5	22-02-06	CONVERT(CHAR(8), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 5)
6	22 Feb 06	CONVERT(CHAR(9), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 6)
7	Feb 22, 06	CONVERT(CHAR(10), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 7)
8	16:26:08	CONVERT(CHAR(8), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 8)
9	Feb 22 2006 4:26:08:020PM	CONVERT(CHAR(26), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 9)
10	02-22-06	CONVERT(CHAR(8), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 10)
11	06/02/22	CONVERT(CHAR(8), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 11)
12	060222	CONVERT(CHAR(6), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 12)
13	22 Feb 2006 16:26:08:020	CONVERT(CHAR(24), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 13)
14	16:26:08:037	CONVERT(CHAR(12), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 14)
20	2006-02-22 16:26:08	CONVERT(CHAR(19), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 20)
21	2006-02-22 16:26:08.037	CONVERT(CHAR(23), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 21)
22	02/22/06 4:26:08 PM	CONVERT(CHAR(20), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 22)
23	2006-02-22	CONVERT(CHAR(10), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 23)
24	16:26:08	CONVERT(CHAR(8), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 24)
25	2006-02-22 16:26:08.037	CONVERT(CHAR(23), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 25)
100	Feb 22 2006 4:26PM	CONVERT(CHAR(19), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 100)
101	02/22/2006	CONVERT(CHAR(10), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 101)
102	2006.02.22	CONVERT(CHAR(10), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 102)
103	22/02/2006	CONVERT(CHAR(10), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 103)
104	22.02.2006	CONVERT(CHAR(10), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 104)
105	22-02-2006	CONVERT(CHAR(10), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 105)
106	22 Feb 2006	CONVERT(CHAR(11), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 106)
107	Feb 22, 2006	CONVERT(CHAR(12), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 107)
108	16:26:08	CONVERT(CHAR(8), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 108)
109	Feb 22 2006 4:26:08:067PM	CONVERT(CHAR(26), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 109)
110	02-22-2006	CONVERT(CHAR(10), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 110)
111	2006/02/22	CONVERT(CHAR(10), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 111)
112	20060222	CONVERT(CHAR(8), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 112)
113	22 Feb 2006 16:26:08:067	CONVERT(CHAR(24), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 113)
114	16:26:08:067	CONVERT(CHAR(12), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 114)
120	2006-02-22 16:26:08	CONVERT(CHAR(19), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 120)
121	2006-02-22 16:26:08.080	CONVERT(CHAR(23), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 121)
126	2006-02-22T16:26:08.080	CONVERT(CHAR(23), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 126)
127	2006-02-22T16:26:08.080	CONVERT(CHAR(23), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 127)
130	24 ???? 1427 4:26:08:080PM	CONVERT(CHAR(32), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 130)
131	24/01/1427 4:26:08:080PM	CONVERT(CHAR(25), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 131)