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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

SQL SERVER – Difference Between GETDATE and SYSDATETIME

Sometime something so simple skips our mind. I never knew the difference between GETDATE and SYSDATETIME. I just ran simple query as following and realized the difference.

SELECT GETDATE() fn_GetDate, SYSDATETIME() fn_SysDateTime

In case of GETDATE the precision is till miliseconds and in case of SYSDATETIME the precision is till nanoseconds.


Now the questions is to you – did you know this? Be honest and please share your views. I already accepted that I did not know this in very first line.

This applies to SQL Server 2008 only.


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