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

If you want to return a date type as just a date use

CONVERT(date, SYSDATETIME())

or

SELECT CONVERT(date,SYSDATETIME()) 

or

DECLARE @DateOnly Datetime
SET @DateOnly=CONVERT(date,SYSDATETIME())