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

DATEADD(SECOND, DATEDIFF(SECOND, 0, < your datetime column >), 0)

May need to change the 0 to something else to prevent an overflow error. Don't have a SQL Server at hand right now to verify.

While this method does not appear to be intuitive at first sight, have a look here for the rationale behind it: http://karaszi.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-the-datetime-datatypes