Omitting the Milliseconds in a Date

Question

When I select from SQL Server, I want to get a date, but omit the millisecond value, and I want it to be as a date type. So if I have a value 1/1/2009 1:23:11.923

Answer 1

SELECT  GETDATE(),
        CONVERT(DATETIME, CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), GETDATE(), 120), 120)