The following query:
SELECT * FROM `objects` WHERE (date_field BETWEEN \'2010-09-29 10:15:55\' AND \'2010-01-30 14:15:55\')
returns nothin
DATE() is a MySQL function that extracts only the date part of a date or date/time expression
SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE DATE(date_field) BETWEEN '2016-12-01' AND '2016-12-10';