Sorry, I didn't understand that you needed the result as a datetime:

CONVERT(datetime, CONVERT(varchar, datetimefld, 102))

Is that what you need?

>Yea, still a char.
>I can't believe they did not think of the need for a function in these cases.
>
>oh well
>
>thanks Chris
>
>
>>How about this:
>>
>>CONVERT(varchar, datetimefld, 102)
>>
>>or
>>
>>CONVERT(varchar, datetimefld, 111)
>>
>>
>>>Chris,
>>>107 still I cannot Sort, and 112 will be hard to read for the user.
>>>
>>>any other ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>>>I think this will give you the order you want:
>>>>
>>>>CONVERT(varchar, datetimefld, 112)
>>>>
>>>>While this gives the formatting:
>>>>
>>>>CONVERT(varchar, datetimefld, 107)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On a datetime field I need to get only the date, not the time.
>>>>>
>>>>>I've tried LEFT(CAST(datetimefld AS CHAR),11) but it gives me, of course, a char field that I cannot sort by correctly.
>>>>>How can I get this as a DATE ?
>>>>>Jan 11 2003 looks nice for what I want, but again, I cannot order it in this way