Changing the output of Getdate

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pauloya picture pauloya · Apr 7, 2010 · Viewed 8.9k times · Source

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!

Answer

Andomar picture Andomar · Apr 7, 2010

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.

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