Help on Dates

I'm new to SQL server...
I'm trying to create a date (only) with no time.
I'm importing the data from navchar to datetime and getting the time stamp. How do I configure the table to show only the date part?
I did not see a date datatype...
ThanksThat creature does not exist. You will have to use the convert function using a style - look at sql server books online under 'Cast and Convert'.
The time value stored when no time is provided is midnight - so you would have a date followed by 00:00:00.000. You might also consider smalldatetime.

For example, using northwind's orders table:

select convert(varchar(10), orderdate,101) from orders|||If my date field is indexed (2-3 million rows), then will the request read all records before converting and selecting?|||/*
--replace "origDateTime" with our datetime value/column

_ You can use datetime column with check constraint
( "origDateTime"=convert(datetime,convert(int,"origDateTime")) )
to ensure that there is no time saved, in the future you could need
time, so you only remove this constraint. Linking to date analysis
table will be done by indexed computed column on table level
( "compOnlyDate" AS convert(int,"origDateTime") )
to get additional precomputed information about date
(year,month,day in week,season,...) faster.
_ If you NEVER use time, consider using only int
or smallint ( convert(int,getdate())-30000 ),
but be prepared on problems with user reports and applications.
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