Check if partition elimination works
Use Extended Events to capture actual execution plans, via the query_post_execution_showplan Event Library.  Be aware of the following warning, found in the New Session Wizard, when creating the session:

query_post_execution_showplan
Occurs after a SQL statement is executed. This event returns an XML representation of the actual query plan. Using this event can have a significant performance overhead so it should only be used when troubleshooting or monitoring specific problems for brief periods of time.

The following T-SQL will create the required Extended Events session.  Do not run this on a production SQL Server unless you want to slow it to a crawl.
CREATE EVENT SESSION [CapturePlans] ON SERVER 
ADD EVENT sqlserver.query_post_execution_showplan(
    ACTION(sqlserver.client_app_name,sqlserver.database_id,sqlserver.sql_text))
ADD TARGET package0.ring_buffer(SET max_memory=(2048))
WITH (STARTUP_STATE=OFF)
GO

ALTER EVENT SESSION [CapturePlans] ON SERVER STATE = START;