Convert getdate() to int

Question

When I run the following query:

select convert(int, getdate())

I get the result:

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41238

(1 row(s) affected)

Does anyone knows what does this mean?

Answer 1

Its the number of days since I think 1/1/1900, sql-server keeps the number of days since then.

Try dividing that number by roughly 365. You should get the value back in years (112). Since 1900 + 112 = 2012

Answer 2

This is because SQL natively keeps the number of days since 01/01/1900

The decimal after the integer value is the time.

32.5 would equal 02/01/1900 12:00 pm

If you are looking to get and work with only part of the date as an integer I would recommend using datepart

This statement would return only the month and convert that value to an integer.

select convert(int, datepart(mm,getdate())