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GETDATE (SQL Server Compact)

SQL Server 2008

Returns the current system date and time in the standard internal format for datetime values that are supported by SQL Server Compact 3.5.


GETDATE ( )

datetime

The following example uses GETDATE to supply information for a date column.

CREATE TABLE MyOrders (OrderID int IDENTITY(100, 1) PRIMARY KEY, CompanyName nvarchar(50), OrderDate datetime);
INSERT INTO MyOrders (CompanyName, OrderDate) VALUES ('A. Datum Corporation', GETDATE());

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