how get only date in sql code example

Example 1: sql getdate date only

-- MS SQL Server
SELECT CAST(getdate() AS date);
SELECT CAST(getdate() AS varchar(10));

Example 2: how to select only a certain date sql

SELECT * 
FROM sales 
WHERE salesDate BETWEEN '11/11/2010 00:00:00.00' AND '11/11/2010 23:59:59.999'