How do I get the month and day with leading 0's in SQL? (e.g. 9 => 09)

Question

DECLARE @day CHAR(2)

SET @day = DATEPART(DAY, GETDATE())

PRINT @day

If today was the 9th of December, the above would print \"9\".

I want

Answer 1

Select Replicate('0',2 - DataLength(Convert(VarChar(2),DatePart(DAY, GetDate()))) + Convert(VarChar(2),DatePart(DAY, GetDate())

Far neater, he says after removing tongue from cheek.

Usually when you have to start doing this sort of thing in SQL, you need switch from can I, to should I.