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SQL query returning timestamp attached with a date only column

I am trying to get date from a column which has its datatype set as date and in SQL Server the column also contains only date but when i run query from my application C#:
resultData[i][3] = sqlRdr["addedOn"].ToString();
It gives me a default time signature attached to it
select addedOn from sitrep;
I also tried using below cast but still same results:
select Convert(Date, Convert(datetime, addedOn)) as addedOn from sitrep;

If your saving it to a string i would try.
Convert.ToDateTime(sqlRdr["addedOn"]).ToShortDateString();

You can modify your query as:
resultData[i][3] = sqlRdr["addedOn"].ToString("M/d/yyyy");

Query a datetime in SQL Server 2005 Express

How to query the rows based on DateTime in SQL Server 2005 Express installed on windows server 2008 r2?
I have code that selects rows based on from and to date values. It's working in my Windows 7 system . But, It's not working on Windows Server 2008 R2 ... Any help
this.filterreportTableAdapter.FillBy(this.cRdataset.filterreport_datatable, fromdate, todate);
and my SQL query is
SELECT *
FROM tablename
WHERE DATE BETWEEN #fromdate and #todate

It sounds like date/time values are being passed as strings. This is always a bad idea, and formatting issues abound. The best approach here is simply: use correctly-typed parameters. if both client and server know it is a DateTime, then it is passed as a primitive vaue, not a string - thus no formatting problems.
Make sure that fromdate and todate in the c# are DateTime, and that #fromdate, #todate and tablename.DATE in the TSQL are datetime.

Please set the datetime format same as the one on your windows 7 e.g. : dd/MM/yyyy

it seems that you have a date format mistake when passing date parameters.
there are two solutions:
first, you can try to use date format that works everywhere that is:
YYYYMMDD ex : 20120722.
another solution is to make a DateDiff in sql query
Best regard

How to select only date part from SQL Server CE datetime column?

I am using SQL Server CE database and C# language. I have a table with a datetime type column. I want to use a SELECT statement like
SELECT * FROM Data WHERE Date = #Date
But I need only date part of the datetime value. So I can add parameter like
SQLCmd.Parameters.Add("#Date", date.Date);
My problem is with SELECT statement I think.

Instead of that you can use DateDIFF
SELECT * FROM Data WHERE DATEDIFF(day, Date, #Date)=0

SELECT * FROM Data WHERE DAY(Date) = DAY(#Date)

How to convert SQL Server timestamp object to string

I need your help in small problem, I have a column (data type timestamp) in SQL Server 2008.
Now I want to show this timestamp value in ASP.Net C# app as string. Is there any way to do that?
I tried it using regular data fetching in ASP.Net but it produced System.byte[] as output rather than actual value. In SQL Server Management Studio values are represented as 0x000000000000B3C0.

One option is to change it to the Date, while getting from the database. Like:
SELECT timestamp = DATEDIFF(s, '19700101', yourTimestampColumn)
FROM yourTable

I don't know if i catch you, but in sql you can cast timestamp value to datetime then to varchar like this:
declare #val timestamp = 0x0000AAE200B29565
select cast(cast(#val as datetime) as varchar(max))

Getting DB Server DateTime in application

I am using Entity framework and have 1 field in database AddedDate that is DateTime and not null, so I need to pass DateTime value.
But the problem is I have to pass DB Server datetime. How can I manage in this sceario or how can I get DB Server datatime to pass this.
I need to some unique solution, because I am this on many forms.
Edit: I need DB server Datetime upon insertion/updation in my application so that I can pass to entity framework object.
Thanks

Since you are using entity framework, you can do something like this:
var dateQuery = yourDbContext.CreateQuery<DateTime>("CurrentDateTime() ");
DateTime dateFromSql = dateQuery .AsEnumerable().First();

In general, if you use the entity framework and you use DateTime in a field, it will automatically do the back/forth conversion for you, just the same way it does so for integers, doubles etc.
Unless you mean something special, i.e., a char[40] field that must be filled with a DateTime value of a particular format.

You can get database server date and time by running SELECT GETDATE()) script.
Consider you have a table with 4 colums - the first 3 being strings and the last datetime, You can solve your issue by issueing INSERT SQL like this:
INSERT INTO myTable VALUES ('x', 'y', 'z', SELECT GETDATE())

Can't you use a stored procedure so you can get DB server Datetime very easily.

Just use getdate() in your query. For example:
INSERT INTO your_table (AddedDate, ...other columns) VALUES (getdate(), ...other values)
This basically asks the server to insert its own current date into the field; there's no need for you to retrieve it locally.