... you can use it on any granularity type i.e.:
DATEPART(YEAR, [date])
DATEPART(MONTH, [date])
DATEPART(DAY, [date])
DATEPART(HOUR, [date])
DATEPART(MINUTE, [date])
(note: I like the [ ] around the date reserved word though. Of course that's in case your column with timestamp is labeled "date")