>>>I don't know off the top of my head. I pull it as a datetime by checking the time portion. For example, if the datetime field in sqlserver is 1901-01-01 15:15:00 and I want everything at or before 16:00 I would store "16:00:00" in lcTime and add this to my query:
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AND schrun < = '1901-01-01 "+lcTime+"' "

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>>>It comes back as a datetime field but that is fine for my purposes. I don't retrieve it as a character format. When the schrun field is stored, I force it to minutes and no seconds everytime from the app.
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>>I see, never mind then. I wanted to help someone by easier way. I'll play at night myself.
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>Look up convert: select convert(char(8), schrun, 108) as mytime from msgschdl
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>works for me (the datetime column is schrun and the table is msgschdl)

You (and others) may find this link useful.

http://www.sqlusa.com/bestpractices2005/centurydateformat/