Changing the output of Getdate
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25-09-2019 - |
Question
Is it possible to deceive SQL Server to return a different date on GetDate()
without actually changing the machine date?
This would be great, since we have a database with old data and I'm trying to test some queries that use getdate().
I can change my machine date but that brings some other problems with other applications...
Any tips?
Thanks!
Solution
According to the documentation for getdate():
This value is derived from the operating system of the computer on which the instance of SQL Server is running.
Since it's derived from the OS, I don't think you can change it separately.
OTHER TIPS
You can always wrap GetDate()
in a custom function and use that everywhere, although it's not an optimal solution.
No, there is not much you can do other than something like this:
SELECT GETDATE()-7 --get date time 7 days ago
SELECT DATEADD(dd, -7, GETDATE())