Dates Explained

Here are some of the ways dates can be output.

declare @date datetime
set @date = getdate()
select 
	@date	as SampleDate,
	datepart(year,@date)	as 'year',
	datepart(month,@date) 	as 'month',
	datepart(day,@date) 	as 'day',
	datepart(week,@date) 	as 'week',
	datepart(quarter,@date) as 'quarter',
	datepart(dy,@date) 	as 'day of year',
	datepart(weekday,@date) as 'weekday',
	datepart(hour,@date) 	as 'hour',
	datepart(minute,@date) 	as 'minute' ,

	datename(month,@date) as 'month name',
	datename(weekday,@date) as 'weekday name',

	'fiscal year' =   
	case            
		when datepart(month,@date) >= 7
		then datepart(year,@date) + 1
		else datepart(year,@date)
	end,
	CONVERT(varchar(12), getdate() ,112) 	as 'today date as integer',
	CONVERT(varchar(12),DATEADD(d, -7 ,getdate()),112) 	as 'lastweek date as integer',
	CONVERT(varchar(12), getdate() ,108) 			as 'time',
	REPLACE(CONVERT(varchar(12), getdate() ,108),':','') 	as 'time as integer',
	dateadd(d,-1, cast(month(dateadd(mm,1,getdate())) as varchar) + 
		'/01/' + cast(year(getdate()) as varchar)) as [Last day of month],
	DATEADD(D,1, 
		cast(month( getdate() ) as varchar) + '-' +
		cast(day( getdate()) as varchar) + '-' +
		cast(year(getdate() ) as varchar) ) as [Midnight Tonight]

declare @tim varchar(8)
set @tim = REPLACE(CONVERT(varchar(12), getdate() ,108),':','')
select @tim,
case when len(@tim) >= 5 then
	substring(@tim,len(@tim)-5,2 ) + ':' +
	substring(@tim,len(@tim)-3,2 ) + ':' +
	substring(@tim,len(@tim)-1,2 )
else
	@tim
end