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title: "Datetime data type"  
description: "Datetime data type"  
author: "Anurag Chaurasia"  
published: 2011-05-27  
updated: 2011-05-27  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/266/datetime-data-type  
category: "mssql server"  
tags: ["mssql server"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Datetime data type

How to [insert data](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33964/insert-data-in-datagridview-from-text-box-c-sharp) into a [datetime](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12949/how-to-validate-if-a-datetime-field-is-not-null-empty) type [column](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33860/how-to-calculate-column-summary-in-sql-server) by using sql.................

## Replies

### Reply by Uttam Misra

```
insert into tableName values('" + DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") + "');You can also use getdate() function.
```


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