function for absolute day value

In other words, from whenever the calendar begins, a serial number
representing the day.
if 1/1/1904 is 1, then 1/1/1905 is 366, and so on.
is there a function in tsql to get this number from a datetime field value?billdebug wrote:
> In other words, from whenever the calendar begins, a serial number
> representing the day.
> if 1/1/1904 is 1, then 1/1/1905 is 366, and so on.
> is there a function in tsql to get this number from a datetime field value?[/color
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SELECT DATETDIFF(DAY, /* your base date */, /* some other date */);
David Portas, SQL Server MVP
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