{"id":834,"date":"2015-07-15T16:57:58","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T15:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dotnetsql.info\/net-sql\/?p=834"},"modified":"2015-08-13T12:17:42","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T11:17:42","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-the-getutcdate-and-sysutcdatetime-functions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dotnetsql.info\/net-sql\/index.php\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-getutcdate-and-sysutcdatetime-functions\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between the GETUTCDATE and SYSUTCDATETIME functions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These functions return data as UTC time (Coordinated Universal Time). In case of the GETUTCDATE(), the precision is in milliseconds. SYSUTCDATETIME() has a default precision of 7 digits after the seconds (aka nanoseconds).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>SYSDATETIME( ), SYSUTCDATE( ), and SYSDATETIMEOFFSET( ) can be assigned to a variable in anyone of the date and time datatypes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks for reading this article,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next steps :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Share this with your colleagues because Sharingis Learning<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Comment below if you need any assistance<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codereview.co\">CodeReview &#8211; Let&#8217;s make it Better!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-834\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/dotnetsql.info\/net-sql\/index.php\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-getutcdate-and-sysutcdatetime-functions\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-834\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/dotnetsql.info\/net-sql\/index.php\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-getutcdate-and-sysutcdatetime-functions\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-834\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/dotnetsql.info\/net-sql\/index.php\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-getutcdate-and-sysutcdatetime-functions\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-834\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/dotnetsql.info\/net-sql\/index.php\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-getutcdate-and-sysutcdatetime-functions\/?share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pocket\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-pocket sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/dotnetsql.info\/net-sql\/index.php\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-getutcdate-and-sysutcdatetime-functions\/?share=pocket\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pocket\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/dotnetsql.info\/net-sql\/index.php\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-getutcdate-and-sysutcdatetime-functions\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-76243027-834-69e7c86d7beb8' data-src='\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/#blog_id=76243027&amp;post_id=834&amp;origin=dotnetsql.info&amp;obj_id=76243027-834-69e7c86d7beb8' data-name='like-post-frame-76243027-834-69e7c86d7beb8'><h3 class='sd-title'>Like this:<\/h3><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height:55px'><span class='button'><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading...<\/span><\/div><span class='sd-text-color'><\/span><a class='sd-link-color'><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These functions return data as UTC time (Coordinated Universal Time). 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