date part of getdate

i want to use the date part of the function getdate in my sql query.
the getdate function return the current date and time. i want only the date part.
how can i do it.You can use the CONVERT functions and specify a date format. However, it's a lot harder if you want to return the result as an ISO XML format...but if you're not worried about that then convert will work fine|||CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),GETDATE(),101)