back end. 1  There are twenty-two men on it, thirteen at the front end, and nine at the back end. Rollo on the Rhine Jacob Abbott. 2  The third bomb fell into the back end of the shed, but I guessed it was not required. The Sequel George A. Taylor. 3  You could get behind the counter only by a swinging gate at the back end.
The GETDATE function produces the current date and time in SQL Server 2005 internal format for datetime values. GETDATE takes the null parameter ( ). Here is the result set. You can use GETDATE in designing a report to have the current date and time printed every time the report is produced. GETDATE is also useful for functions such as logging the time a transaction occurred on an account. You can use GETDATE anywhere to return the current system date. For example, you can use GETDATE as a default value for data entry, with a local variable, or comparing an order date to the current date.
To insert the current date or time so that it is updatable, use the TODAY and NOW functions, as shown in the following example. For more information about how to use these functions, see TODAY function and NOW function.n a worksheet, select the cell into which you want to insert the current date or time. Do one of the following: To insert the current date, press Ctrl+; (semi-colon). To insert the current time, press Ctrl+Shift+; (semi-colon).