how to remove time from datetime

Question

The field DATE in the database has the following format:

2012-11-12 00:00:00

I would like to remove the time from the date and return the d

Answer 1

just use, (in TSQL)

SELECT convert(varchar, columnName, 101)

in MySQL

SELECT DATE_FORMAT(columnName, '%m/%d/%Y')

Answer 2

TSQL

SELECT CONVERT(DATE, GETDATE())         // 2019-09-19
SELECT CAST(GETDATE() AS DATE)          // 2019-09-19
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR, GETDATE(), 23)  // 2019-09-19

Answer 3

For more info refer this: SQL Server Date Formats

[MM/DD/YYYY]

SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), cast(dt_col as date), 101) from tbl

[DD/MM/YYYY]

SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), cast(dt_col as date), 103) from tbl

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Answer 4

You may try the following:

SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),yourdate,101);

or this:

select cast(floor(cast(urdate as float)) as datetime);