CODE EXAMPLE FOR SQL

How to return only the Date from a SQL Server DateTime datatype

SELECT DATEADD(dd, 0, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, @your_date))
for example

SELECT DATEADD(dd, 0, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, GETDATE()))
gives me

2008-09-22 00:00:00.000
Pros:

No varchar<->datetime conversions required
No need to think about locale