Convert a SQL Server datetime to a shorter date format

Question

I have a datetime column in SQL Server that gives me data like this 10/27/2010 12:57:49 pm and I want to query this column but just have SQL Server ret

Answer 1

The original DateTime field : [_Date_Time]

The converted to Shortdate : 'Short_Date'

CONVERT(date, [_Date_Time]) AS 'Short_Date'