Question : How to format sql date  convert(varchar, getdate(),101)  to surpress leading 0's

If I have a date  in a sql table 1900-01-01 00:00:00.000 how do I display it as 1/1/1900?

The below statement returns: 01/01/1900.
select convert(varchar, getdate(),101)

Sql 2000

Answer : How to format sql date  convert(varchar, getdate(),101)  to surpress leading 0's

in short:
cast(datepart(month, getdate()) as varchar(2)) + '/' +  cast(datepart(day, getdate()) as varchar(2)) +'/' + cast(datepart(year, getdate()) as varchar(2))