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zeeshan13
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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 Posted - 2007-09-28 : 09:26:27
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| Hi All,I know this question sound childish. But I am in middle of something, and cannot find the answere in books online.Q)How to get the date part of a following format datetime.2005-12-28 00:00:00I want to return 2005-12-28 only in this example.What should I use DATEPART() or convert() & how?Please help. |
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harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
5581 Posts |
Posted - 2007-09-28 : 09:28:57
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| [code]select Left(convert(varchar(10), getdate(), 120), 10)[/code]Harsh AthalyeIndia."The IMPOSSIBLE is often UNTRIED" |
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blindman
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2365 Posts |
Posted - 2007-09-28 : 09:30:45
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| zeeshan, the example you gave already is truncated to a whole date value. If you are talking about only displaying the date portion, that logic belongs in your presentation layer. Not the database.e4 d5 xd5 Nf6 |
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zeeshan13
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
347 Posts |
Posted - 2007-09-28 : 09:35:47
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| harsh_athalye,Now I remember. Thanks for the help. blindman,I am dealing with Database only. Thanks for the feedback. |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
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Posted - 2007-09-28 : 09:36:25
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Originally posted by zeeshan13
Hi All,I know this question sound childish. But I am in middle of something, and cannot find the answere in books online.Q)How to get the date part of a following format datetime.2005-12-28 00:00:00I want to return 2005-12-28 only in this example.What should I use DATEPART() or convert() & how?Please help.
As said, do the formation at front end if you want to show formatted dates thereMadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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blindman
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2365 Posts |
Posted - 2007-09-28 : 12:19:42
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Originally posted by zeeshan13
blindman,I am dealing with Database only. Thanks for the feedback.
Then that is a problem, because a database is not an application.e4 d5 xd5 Nf6 |
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Kristen
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How to get the date part only and not time