GETDATE (SSIS)

Returns the current date of the system in a DT_DBTIMESTAMP format. The GETDATE function takes no arguments.

Note

The length of the return result from the GETDATE function is 29 characters.

Syntax

GETDATE()

Arguments

None

Result Types

DT_DBTIMESTAMP

Examples

This example returns the year of the current date.

DATEPART("year",GETDATE())

This example returns the number of days between a date in the ModifiedDate column and the current date.

DATEDIFF("dd",ModifiedDate,GETDATE())

This example adds three months to the current date.

DATEADD("Month",3,GETDATE())

See Also

Reference

GETUTCDATE (SSIS)

Other Resources

Functions (SSIS)

Help and Information

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