remove time from date sql

1First thing's first, if your dates are in varchar format change that, store dates as dates it will save you a lot of headaches and it is something that is best done sooner rather than later. The problem will only get worse.
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3Secondly, once you have a date DO NOT convert the date to a varchar! Keep it in date format and use formatting on the application side to get the required date format.
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5There are various methods to do this depending on your DBMS:
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7SQL-Server 2008 and later:
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9SELECT  CAST(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS DATE)
10SQL-Server 2005 and Earlier
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12SELECT  DATEADD(DAY, DATEDIFF(DAY, 0, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP), 0)
13SQLite
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15SELECT  DATE(NOW())
16Oracle
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18SELECT  TRUNC(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)
19Postgresql
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21SELECT  CURRENT_TIMESTAMP::DATE
22If you need to use culture specific formatting in your report you can either explicitly state the format of the receiving text box (e.g. dd/MM/yyyy), or you can set the language so that it shows the relevant date format for that language.
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24Either way this is much better handled outside of SQL as converting to varchar within SQL will impact any sorting you may do in your report.
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26If you cannot/will not change the datatype to DATETIME, then still convert it to a date within SQL (e.g. CONVERT(DATETIME, yourField)) before sending to report services and handle it as described above.

1SELECT CONVERT(varchar(8), GETDATE(), 108) AS TimeOnly
2CONVERT(VARCHAR(7),@AppDate,111) date year only