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Can someone give me some T-SQL to distingish between records and give me the record that has the date closest to Today's date?<br />
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sample data:<br />
Employee &nbsp; &nbsp;ReportedDate<br />
Nick &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;12/14/1977<br />
Nick &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;08/16/1979<br />
Nick &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 11/25/2005<br />
Nick &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 11/25/2005<br />
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The T-SQL would return &quot;Nick&quot; the &quot;11/25/2005&quot; for this example
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Can someone give me some T-SQL to distingish between records and give me the record that has the date closest to Today's date?

sample data:
Employee    ReportedDate
Nick              12/14/1977
Nick              08/16/1979
Nick               11/25/2005
Nick               11/25/2005

The T-SQL would return "Nick" the "11/25/2005" for this example

SQL To Find Date Closest to Today's Date

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