How to set a DateTime variable in SQL Server 2008?

Question

SQL Server 2008 is not doing what I expected with DateTime. It doesn\'t let me set DateTime variables, no matter what date format I use.

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Answer 1

Just to explain:

2011-02-15 is being interpreted literally as a mathematical operation, to which the answer is 1994.

This, then, is being interpreted as 1994 days since the origin of date (Jan 1st 1900).

1994 days = 5 years, 6 months, 18 days = June 18th 1905

So, if you don't want to to the calculation each time you want compare a date to a particular value use the standard: Compare the value of the toString() function of date object to the string like this :

set @TEST  ='2011-02-05'