Remove DATE ONLY from datetime column

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 1

I would hope that nobody is actually still using SQL Server 2005. In 2008 (also no longer supported) the time datatype was introduced.

This makes this type of thing so simple.

select convert(time, getdate())

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 2

Sean Lange - Friday, January 18, 2019 10:09 AM
I would hope that nobody is actually still using SQL Server 2005. In 2008 (also no longer supported) the time datatype was introduced.
This makes this type of thing so simple.
select convert(time, getdate())

I agree, but I would not be surprised if some where out there in the wild there are still people and organizations using not only SQL Server 2005 but 2000, 7.5, 7.0, 6.5, 6.0. If they are out there, they still need our help.

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 3

Lynn Pettis - Friday, January 18, 2019 11:24 AM
Sean Lange - Friday, January 18, 2019 10:09 AM
I would hope that nobody is actually still using SQL Server 2005. In 2008 (also no longer supported) the time datatype was introduced.
This makes this type of thing so simple.
select convert(time, getdate())
I agree, but I would not be surprised if some where out there in the wild there are still people and organizations using not only SQL Server 2005 but 2000, 7.5, 7.0, 6.5, 6.0. If they are out there, they still need our help.

Indeed. But at the same time I would hate for somebody using 2017 to stumble across and use a now seriously out of date (pun intended) method. 🙂

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 4

Sean Lange - Friday, January 18, 2019 1:34 PM
Lynn Pettis - Friday, January 18, 2019 11:24 AM
Sean Lange - Friday, January 18, 2019 10:09 AM
I would hope that nobody is actually still using SQL Server 2005. In 2008 (also no longer supported) the time datatype was introduced.
This makes this type of thing so simple.
select convert(time, getdate())
I agree, but I would not be surprised if some where out there in the wild there are still people and organizations using not only SQL Server 2005 but 2000, 7.5, 7.0, 6.5, 6.0. If they are out there, they still need our help.
Indeed. But at the same time I would hate for somebody using 2017 to stumble across and use a now seriously out of date (pun intended) method. 🙂

Since it's for display purposes, what's wrong with using CONVERT in 2017?

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Lempster SSCoach Points: 15651 More actions · Answer 5

Lynn Pettis - Friday, January 18, 2019 9:38 AM

Lempster - Friday, January 18, 2019 2:26 AM

Really? What about this:
SELECT CONVERT(varchar(10),GETDATE(),108);

@Lynn Pettis: I did say that were probably other ways to achieve what the OP wanted!

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 6

Lempster - Saturday, January 19, 2019 1:43 AM

Lynn Pettis - Friday, January 18, 2019 9:38 AM
Lempster - Friday, January 18, 2019 2:26 AM
Really? What about this:
SELECT CONVERT(varchar(10),GETDATE(),108);

@Lynn Pettis: I did say that were probably other ways to achieve what the OP wanted!

It was likely the words "you'll need to" that Lynn is taking exception to, I was thinking the same thing as he. 😀 It's things like this that have made me change my posting style a bit over the last couple of decades just to keep people from becoming incensed by words whether they're right or wrong to do so. For example, I'd have written "Here's one way to do it...".

Now, what would really be cool would be if you two guys got together and did a million row test on your machines and published your results and the code on this thread so other people can do the same. :laugh:

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Lempster SSCoach Points: 15651 More actions · Answer 7

Jeff Moden - Saturday, January 19, 2019 3:02 PM

Lempster - Saturday, January 19, 2019 1:43 AM

Lynn Pettis - Friday, January 18, 2019 9:38 AM

It was likely the words "you'll need to" that Lynn is taking exception to, I was thinking the same thing as he. 😀 It's things like this that have made me change my posting style a bit over the last couple of decades just to keep people from becoming incensed by words whether they're right or wrong to do so. For example, I'd have written "Here's one way to do it...".

Now, what would really be cool would be if you two guys got together and did a million row test on your machines and published your results and the code on this thread so other people can do the same. :laugh:

Fair point Jeff. If I find the time to do the test you suggest, I will.

Lempster

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 8

Lempster - Sunday, January 20, 2019 2:31 AM

Jeff Moden - Saturday, January 19, 2019 3:02 PM

Lempster - Saturday, January 19, 2019 1:43 AM
Lynn Pettis - Friday, January 18, 2019 9:38 AM

It was likely the words "you'll need to" that Lynn is taking exception to, I was thinking the same thing as he. 😀 It's things like this that have made me change my posting style a bit over the last couple of decades just to keep people from becoming incensed by words whether they're right or wrong to do so. For example, I'd have written "Here's one way to do it...".

Now, what would really be cool would be if you two guys got together and did a million row test on your machines and published your results and the code on this thread so other people can do the same. :laugh:

Fair point Jeff. If I find the time to do the test you suggest, I will.

Lempster

Thank you, good Sir, for taking all of that the right way. Both of you have your hearts in the right place.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)