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This page lists the most commonly used SQL Server Date functions that allow you to handle date and time data effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Returning the current date and time #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Function<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP<\/a><\/td>Returns the current system date and time without the time zone part.<\/td><\/tr>
GETUTCDATE<\/a><\/td>Returns a date part of a date as an integer number.<\/td><\/tr>
GETDATE<\/a><\/td>Returns the current system date and time of the operating system on which the SQL Server is running.<\/td><\/tr>
SYSDATETIME<\/a><\/td>Returns the current system date and time with more fractional seconds precision than the GETDATE() function.<\/td><\/tr>
SYSUTCDATETIME<\/a><\/td>Returns the current system date and time in UTC time<\/td><\/tr>
SYSDATETIMEOFFSET<\/a><\/td>Returns the current system date and time with the time zone.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Returning the date and time Parts #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Function<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
DATENAME<\/a><\/td>Returns a date part of a date as a character string<\/td><\/tr>
DATEPART<\/a><\/td>Returns a date part of a date as an integer number<\/td><\/tr>
DAY<\/a><\/td>Returns the day of a specified date as an integer<\/td><\/tr>
MONTH<\/a><\/td>Returns the month of a specified date as an integer<\/td><\/tr>
YEAR<\/a><\/td>Returns the year of the date as an integer.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Returning a difference between two dates #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Function<\/th>Return value<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
DATEDIFF<\/a><\/td>Returns a difference in date part between two dates.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Modifying dates #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Function<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
DATEADD<\/a><\/td>Adds a value to a date part of a date and return the new date value.<\/td><\/tr>
EOMONTH<\/a><\/td>Returns the last day of the month containing the specified date, with an optional offset.<\/td><\/tr>
SWITCHOFFSET<\/a><\/td>Changes the time zone offset of a DATETIMEOFFSET<\/a> value and preserves the UTC value.<\/td><\/tr>
TODATETIMEOFFSET<\/a><\/td>Transforms a DATETIME2<\/a> value into a DATETIMEOFFSET<\/a> value.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Constructing date and time from their parts #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Function<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
DATEFROMPARTS<\/a><\/td>Return a DATE<\/a><\/code> value from the year, month, and day.<\/td><\/tr>
DATETIME2FROMPARTS<\/a><\/td>Returns a DATETIME2<\/a><\/code> value from the date and time arguments<\/td><\/tr>
DATETIMEOFFSETFROMPARTS<\/a><\/td>Returns a DATETIMEOFFSET<\/a><\/code> value from the date and time arguments<\/td><\/tr>
TIMEFROMPARTS<\/a><\/td>Returns a TIME<\/a><\/code> value from the time parts with the precisions<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Validating date and time values #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Function<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
ISDATE<\/a><\/td>Check if a value is a valid date, time, or datetime value<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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