--My example for MS SQL Server:
declare @startDate datetime, @endDate datetime
set @startDate = getdate()
set @endDate = getdate()
set @startDate = convert(varchar, @endDate, 112)
set @endDate = dateadd(ms, -2, dateadd(dd, 1, convert(varchar, @endDate, 112)))
select @startDate
select @endDate
-- 24/10/2008 15:39:26: post edited by sergey.