How to select date without time in SQL

Question

When I select date in SQL it is returned as 2011-02-25 21:17:33.933. But I need only the Date part, that is 2011-02-25. How can I do this?

Answer 1

For SQL Server 2008:

Convert(date, getdate())  

Please refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/functions/getdate-transact-sql