how to query where date with time = date without time in ms sql

Question

I want to do a query with dates this is my sample tsql:

select * from Bookings where StartTime = \'2/15/2014\'

the starttime has value \'2/15/2

Answer 1

'2/15/2014' can be interpreted different depending on your locale. Try using the ISO date literal '2014-02-15', which is independent of the locale.

select * from Bookings where StartTime = '2014-02-15'

Or if StartTime includes hours:

select * from Bookings where StartTime >= '2014-02-15' and StartTime < '2014-02'16'

Answer 2

I believe you could also do this:

select * from Bookings where StartTime::date = '2014-2-15'

Answer 3

Try like this

SELECT * FROM  Bookings WHERE Convert(VARCHAR(10),StartTime,101) =  Convert(Varchar(10),'2/15/2014',101)

If you are using SQL SERVER 2012

Try this

 SELECT * FROM  Bookings WHERE FORMAT(StartTime,'M/dd/yyyy') = FORMAT('2/15/2014','M/dd/yyyy')

SQL FORMAT

Answer 4

The best way to do this is with a simple comparison:

select *
from Bookings
where StartTime >= cast('2014-02-15' as date) and StartTime < cast('2014-02-14' as date);

This is the safest method of comparison, because it will take advantage of an index on StartTime. This property is called "sargability".

In SQL Server, casting to a date should also be sargable, so you could also do:

select *
from Bookings
where cast(StartTime as date) = cast('2014-02-15' as date) ;