What is the optimal way to compare dates in Microsoft SQL server?

Question

I have a SQL datetime field in a very large table. It\'s indexed and needs to be queried.

The problem is that SQL always stores the time component (even

Answer 1

Get items when the date is between fromdate and toDate.

where convert(date, fromdate, 103 ) <= '2016-07-26' and convert(date, toDate, 103) >= '2016-07-26'