The internal storage of a SMALLDATETIME value
- by Peter Larsson
SELECT [Now],
BinaryFormat,
SUBSTRING(BinaryFormat, 1, 2) AS DayPart,
SUBSTRING(BinaryFormat, 3, 2) AS TimePart,
CAST(SUBSTRING(BinaryFormat, 1, 2) AS INT) AS [Days],
DATEADD(DAY, CAST(SUBSTRING(BinaryFormat, 1, 2) AS INT), 0) AS [Today],
SUBSTRING(BinaryFormat, 3, 2) AS [Ticks],
DATEADD(MINUTE, CAST(SUBSTRING(BinaryFormat, 3, 2) AS SMALLINT), 0) AS Peso
FROM (
SELECT CAST(GETDATE() AS SMALLDATETIME) AS [Now],
CAST(CAST(GETDATE() AS SMALLDATETIME) AS BINARY(4)) AS BinaryFormat
) AS d
