SQL Server 2005 – Using Datetime as Date Only

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I understand SQL Server 2005 doesn't support DATE and so casting a datetime as a date is not possible.

What I want to do is list all records with a datetime within an entire day of the current week.

So I need all records created on Monday of current week ignoring the timestamp. Currently I am using the below, which does show Monday-Friday of current week, but includes the timestamp, which means I'll see different output depending on when the query is run:

set datefirst 1

select 
    DATEADD(day, 1 - DATEPART(dw, GETDATE()), CONVERT( DATETIME, GETDATE())) as Monday,
    DATEADD(day, 2 - DATEPART(dw, GETDATE()), CONVERT( DATETIME, GETDATE())) as Tuesday,
    DATEADD(day, 3 - DATEPART(dw, GETDATE()), CONVERT( DATETIME, GETDATE())) as wednesday,
    DATEADD(day, 4 - DATEPART(dw, GETDATE()), CONVERT( DATETIME, GETDATE())) as Thursday,
    DATEADD(day, 5 - DATEPART(dw, GETDATE()), CONVERT( DATETIME, GETDATE())) as Friday

Can anyone assist?

My expected output would be a column for each day of the current week, where the week starts on Monday (i.e.: Datefirst 1). Ultimately I'm going to use it in a case statement like:

CASE
WHEN DateColumn >= DATEADD(day, 1 - DATEPART(dw, GETDATE()), CONVERT( DATETIME, GETDATE())) and DateColumn < DATEADD(day, 2 - DATEPART(dw, GETDATE()), CONVERT( DATETIME, GETDATE()))
THEN IntegerColumn
ELSE 0
END AS Monday

…Repeating for each day of the week. I need to accommodate for IntegerColumn values which are added throughout Monday. If no DateColumn entries occur within the hours of Monday, a zero is displayed.

Best Answer

Today's date is 2016-02-11 and this query returns 2016-02-11 00:00:00.000:

SELECT curDay = DATEADD(day, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, getdate()), 0)

It can then be included into the DATEADD statement:

SELECT curDay = GETDATE()
    , DATEADD(day, 1 - DATEPART(weekday, getdate()) + DATEDIFF(dd, 0, getdate()), 0) as Monday
    , DATEADD(day, 2 - DATEPART(weekday, getdate()) + DATEDIFF(dd, 0, getdate()), 0) as Tuesday
    , DATEADD(day, 3 - DATEPART(weekday, getdate()) + DATEDIFF(dd, 0, getdate()), 0) as wednesday
    , DATEADD(day, 4 - DATEPART(weekday, getdate()) + DATEDIFF(dd, 0, getdate()), 0) as Thursday
    , DATEADD(day, 5 - DATEPART(weekday, getdate()) + DATEDIFF(dd, 0, getdate()), 0) as Friday

This will give this output:

curDay                  | Monday                    | Tuesday                   | Wednesday                 | Thursday                  | Friday
2016-02-11 11:54:24.947 | 2016-02-08 00:00:00.000   | 2016-02-09 00:00:00.000   | 2016-02-10 00:00:00.000   | 2016-02-11 00:00:00.000   | 2016-02-12 00:00:00.000

This query returns Sunday's date (2016-02-06 this week):

SELECT Sunday = DATEADD(day, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, getdate()) - DATEPART(weekday, GETDATE()), 0)

It can be used with this query and it gives the same output:

SELECT curDay
    , DATEADD(day, 1, Sunday) as Monday
    , DATEADD(day, 2, Sunday) as Tuesday
    , DATEADD(day, 3, Sunday) as wednesday
    , DATEADD(day, 4, Sunday) as Thursday
    , DATEADD(day, 5, Sunday) as Friday
FROM (SELECT Sunday = DATEADD(day, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, getdate()) - DATEPART(weekday, GETDATE()), 0)) as cd

For records with a date on Monday, this query can be used:

SELECT ...
FROM ...
WHERE colDate >= DATEADD(day, 1 - DATEPART(weekday, getdate()) + DATEDIFF(dd, 0, getdate()), 0) 
    AND colDate < DATEADD(day, 2 - DATEPART(weekday, getdate()) + DATEDIFF(dd, 0, getdate()), 0)

It outputs rows where the date is bigger or equal to Monday at 00:00 and before Tuesday at 00:00.

It is better to use date >= '20160101 00:00' and date < '20160102 00:00' than BETWEEN. See: Why does my query search datetime not match?

Full sample (SQL Fiddle):

CREATE TABLE test(id int, [date] datetime)

INSERT INTO test values(1, '2016-02-07 23:23')
INSERT INTO test values(2, '2016-02-08 01:01')
INSERT INTO test values(3, '2016-02-08 12:00')
INSERT INTO test values(4, '2016-02-08 23:23')
INSERT INTO test values(5, '2016-02-09 00:00')

DECLARE @date datetime = '2016-02-11 12:34'
set datefirst 1

-- Query 1
SELECT id, [date]
    , IntegerColumn = CASE WHEN [date] >= DATEADD(day, 1 - DATEPART(weekday, @date) + DATEDIFF(dd, 0, @date), 0) 
            AND [date] < DATEADD(day, 2 - DATEPART(weekday, @date) + DATEDIFF(dd, 0, @date), 0)
        THEN IntegerColumn
        ELSE 0
    END
FROM test

-- Query 2
SELECT id, [date], IntegerColumn
FROM test
WHERE [date] >= DATEADD(day, 1 - DATEPART(weekday, @date) + DATEDIFF(dd, 0, @date), 0) 
    AND [date] < DATEADD(day, 2 - DATEPART(weekday, @date) + DATEDIFF(dd, 0, @date), 0)

Query 1:

id  | date                      | IntegerColumn
1   | 2016-02-07 23:23:00.000   | 0
2   | 2016-02-08 01:01:00.000   | 2
3   | 2016-02-08 12:00:00.000   | 3
4   | 2016-02-08 23:23:00.000   | 4
5   | 2016-02-09 00:00:00.000   | 0

Query 2:

id  | date                      | IntegerColumn
2   | 2016-02-08 01:01:00.000   | 2
3   | 2016-02-08 12:00:00.000   | 3
4   | 2016-02-08 23:23:00.000   | 4
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