There are so many way of finding the sql server started date time. 1. SQL Server Log 2. using DMV 3. Using TempDB Creation date (as it is recreated when SQL Server is started every time) 4. Start Time of Default Trace Examples : 1. SQL Server Log : SQL Server Management Studio –> Management –> SQL Server Logs –> We need to Search for the “SQL SERVER Starting….” or sp_readerrorlog 0,1,’Copyright (c)’ 2. Using DMV : SELECT sqlserver_start_time FROM sys.dm_os_sys_info; 3. Using TempDb Creation Date select crdate from sys.sysdatabases where name=’tempdb’ 4. Default Trace : SELECT login_time FROM sys.dm_exec_sessions… Read more