How to set time to 00:00:00 with GETDATE() in SQL

SQL date getdate time

In SQL Server, you can use the GETDATE() function to get the current date and time.

SELECT GETDATE();

This will return the current date and time in the following format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS.

SQL Server order by date

In SQL Server, to order your query results by a date column, you can use the ORDER BY clause with the date column name.

SELECT *
FROM YourTable
ORDER BY DateColumn

If you want to order the results in descending order (from the latest date to the earliest), you can add DESC:

SELECT *
FROM YourTable
ORDER BY DateColumn DESC

If you want to order it in ascending order (earliest date first), you can use ASC, but it's optional because ASC is the default:

SELECT *
FROM YourTable
ORDER BY DateColumn ASC

Make sure that DateColumn is a valid column of type DATE, DATETIME, or DATETIME2 in your table.

If you need just the date without the time, you can use:

1. Using CAST

You can cast the result of GETDATE() to a date type and then back to datetime type, which will automatically set the time to 00:00:00.

For example:

// sql time getdate date
SELECT CAST(CAST(GETDATE() AS date) AS datetime) //2024-10-07 00:00:00.000

2. Using CONVERT

You can use the CONVERT function similarly.

For example, sql getdate with 00 time

SELECT CONVERT(datetime, CONVERT(date, GETDATE())) //2024-10-07 00:00:00.000

3. Using DATEADD

If you want to explicitly set the time to midnight while keeping the date part from GETDATE(), you can use DATEADD.

For example:

SELECT DATEADD(DAY, DATEDIFF(DAY, 0, GETDATE()), 0) //2024-10-07 00:00:00.000

All the above methods will return the current date with the time set to 00:00:00. You can choose any of the methods above based on your preference.

They all effectively achieve the same result of getting the current date with the time portion set to midnight.