getdate

Hi
I have to create a series of reports that look back over certain days ie.
day before
current w
current month, quarter, year
The reports will be scheduled to be run between the hours of 10pm to 6am
when the business is shut.
I am using getdate - days to get my time span an example is
WHERE (dbo.vw_MIS_AppWritten.Date_App_Written BETWEEN CONVERT(datetime,
CONVERT(varchar(11), GETDATE() - 1, 102), 102) AND CONVERT(datetime,
CONVERT(varchar(11), GETDATE() + 0, 102), 102))
this would get me my range for yesterdays results
However having run a query with the above where clause it pulled some out
for today, which make smy results wrong because it has used some of today, i
am assuming it used 2006-01-05 16:30:32 as the getdate and took off 24 hours
giving me 2006-01-04 16:30:32 , this may not be a problem if the reports are
scheduled to run out of hours but is there a way of using the date and
adding my own time constraint in eg 00:00:01 and 23:59:59 this would make
sure my reports were accurate, plus it would be nice to know
hope i made sense
regardsHave a look at the DATEDIFF function is SQL Books
HTH. Ryan
"Steven Scaife" <sp@.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:ey0ywdhEGHA.140@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi
> I have to create a series of reports that look back over certain days ie.
> day before
> current w
> current month, quarter, year
> The reports will be scheduled to be run between the hours of 10pm to 6am
> when the business is shut.
> I am using getdate - days to get my time span an example is
> WHERE (dbo.vw_MIS_AppWritten.Date_App_Written BETWEEN
> CONVERT(datetime, CONVERT(varchar(11), GETDATE() - 1, 102), 102) AND
> CONVERT(datetime,
> CONVERT(varchar(11), GETDATE() + 0, 102), 102))
> this would get me my range for yesterdays results
> However having run a query with the above where clause it pulled some out
> for today, which make smy results wrong because it has used some of today,
> i am assuming it used 2006-01-05 16:30:32 as the getdate and took off 24
> hours giving me 2006-01-04 16:30:32 , this may not be a problem if the
> reports are scheduled to run out of hours but is there a way of using the
> date and adding my own time constraint in eg 00:00:01 and 23:59:59 this
> would make sure my reports were accurate, plus it would be nice to know
> hope i made sense
> regards
>|||Hope that following syntax can help you. This will give yout todays date at
10:00 PM.
select convert(datetime,convert(char(8),getdate
(),112) + ' 22:00:00',120)
"Steven Scaife" wrote:

> Hi
> I have to create a series of reports that look back over certain days ie.
> day before
> current w
> current month, quarter, year
> The reports will be scheduled to be run between the hours of 10pm to 6am
> when the business is shut.
> I am using getdate - days to get my time span an example is
> WHERE (dbo.vw_MIS_AppWritten.Date_App_Written BETWEEN CONVERT(datetime
,
> CONVERT(varchar(11), GETDATE() - 1, 102), 102) AND CONVERT(datetime,
> CONVERT(varchar(11), GETDATE() + 0, 102), 102))
> this would get me my range for yesterdays results
> However having run a query with the above where clause it pulled some out
> for today, which make smy results wrong because it has used some of today,
i
> am assuming it used 2006-01-05 16:30:32 as the getdate and took off 24 hou
rs
> giving me 2006-01-04 16:30:32 , this may not be a problem if the reports a
re
> scheduled to run out of hours but is there a way of using the date and
> adding my own time constraint in eg 00:00:01 and 23:59:59 this would make
> sure my reports were accurate, plus it would be nice to know
> hope i made sense
> regards
>
>|||For yesterday's results, try
WHERE DATEDIFF(dd, dbo.vw_MIS_AppWritten.Date_App_Written, GETDATE()) = 1
For last w's results
WHERE DATEDIFF(wk, dbo.vw_MIS_AppWritten.Date_App_Written, GETDATE()) = 1
For last month's results
WHERE DATEDIFF(mm, dbo.vw_MIS_AppWritten.Date_App_Written, GETDATE()) = 1
"Steven Scaife" wrote:

> Hi
> I have to create a series of reports that look back over certain days ie.
> day before
> current w
> current month, quarter, year
> The reports will be scheduled to be run between the hours of 10pm to 6am
> when the business is shut.
> I am using getdate - days to get my time span an example is
> WHERE (dbo.vw_MIS_AppWritten.Date_App_Written BETWEEN CONVERT(datetime
,
> CONVERT(varchar(11), GETDATE() - 1, 102), 102) AND CONVERT(datetime,
> CONVERT(varchar(11), GETDATE() + 0, 102), 102))
> this would get me my range for yesterdays results
> However having run a query with the above where clause it pulled some out
> for today, which make smy results wrong because it has used some of today,
i
> am assuming it used 2006-01-05 16:30:32 as the getdate and took off 24 hou
rs
> giving me 2006-01-04 16:30:32 , this may not be a problem if the reports a
re
> scheduled to run out of hours but is there a way of using the date and
> adding my own time constraint in eg 00:00:01 and 23:59:59 this would make
> sure my reports were accurate, plus it would be nice to know
> hope i made sense
> regards
>
>|||Also you can use a calendar table|||There are several ways to remove the timestamp from getdate() and retaining
it as a datetime that I know of.
Here is what I typically do
1) SELECT CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), getdate(), 102) as DATETIME)
I would avoid the "adding your own time" and just use comparisons against
dates without times (ie. Midnight of that day).
For Instance, if i wanted all rows where dateFromTable is Today the WHERE
clause would be:
WHERE dateFromTable BETWEEN CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), getdate(), 102) as
DATETIME)
AND CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), dateadd(dd, 1, getdate()), 102) as DATETIME)
Ryan Powers
Clarity Consulting
http://www.claritycon.com
"Steven Scaife" wrote:

> Hi
> I have to create a series of reports that look back over certain days ie.
> day before
> current w
> current month, quarter, year
> The reports will be scheduled to be run between the hours of 10pm to 6am
> when the business is shut.
> I am using getdate - days to get my time span an example is
> WHERE (dbo.vw_MIS_AppWritten.Date_App_Written BETWEEN CONVERT(datetime
,
> CONVERT(varchar(11), GETDATE() - 1, 102), 102) AND CONVERT(datetime,
> CONVERT(varchar(11), GETDATE() + 0, 102), 102))
> this would get me my range for yesterdays results
> However having run a query with the above where clause it pulled some out
> for today, which make smy results wrong because it has used some of today,
i
> am assuming it used 2006-01-05 16:30:32 as the getdate and took off 24 hou
rs
> giving me 2006-01-04 16:30:32 , this may not be a problem if the reports a
re
> scheduled to run out of hours but is there a way of using the date and
> adding my own time constraint in eg 00:00:01 and 23:59:59 this would make
> sure my reports were accurate, plus it would be nice to know
> hope i made sense
> regards
>
>|||This works well too
SELECT DATEADD(dd, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, GETDATE()), 0)
Returns today's date at 00:00:00.000
"Ryan Powers" wrote:
> There are several ways to remove the timestamp from getdate() and retainin
g
> it as a datetime that I know of.
> Here is what I typically do
> 1) SELECT CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), getdate(), 102) as DATETIME)
> I would avoid the "adding your own time" and just use comparisons against
> dates without times (ie. Midnight of that day).
> For Instance, if i wanted all rows where dateFromTable is Today the WHERE
> clause would be:
> WHERE dateFromTable BETWEEN CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), getdate(), 102) as
> DATETIME)
> AND CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), dateadd(dd, 1, getdate()), 102) as DATETIME)
> --
> Ryan Powers
> Clarity Consulting
> http://www.claritycon.com
>
> "Steven Scaife" wrote:
>|||Nice. Thanks Mark.
That is a little cleaner that what I proposed. Good to know.
--
Ryan Powers
Clarity Consulting
http://www.claritycon.com
"Mark Williams" wrote:
> This works well too
> SELECT DATEADD(dd, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, GETDATE()), 0)
> Returns today's date at 00:00:00.000
> --
> "Ryan Powers" wrote:
>|||thank you it is much appreciated
"Mark Williams" <MarkWilliams@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> This works well too
> SELECT DATEADD(dd, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, GETDATE()), 0)
> Returns today's date at 00:00:00.000
> --
> "Ryan Powers" wrote:
>