Select data between a date/time range

Question

How do I select data between a date range in MySQL. My datetime column is in 24-hour zulu time format.

select * from hockey_stats 
where game_d         


        

Answer 1

You can either user STR_TO_DATE function and pass your own date parameters based on the format you have posted :

select * from hockey_stats where game_date 
  between STR_TO_DATE('11/3/2012 00:00:00', '%c/%e/%Y %H:%i:%s')
  and STR_TO_DATE('11/5/2012 23:59:00', '%c/%e/%Y %H:%i:%s') 
order by game_date desc;

Or just use the format which MySQL handles dates YYYY:MM:DD HH:mm:SS and have the query as

select * from hockey_stats where game_date between '2012-03-11 00:00:00' and'2012-05-11 23:59:00' order by game_date desc;

Answer 2

Here is a simple way using the date function:

select *
from hockey_stats
where date(game_date) between date('2012-11-03') and date('2012-11-05')
order by game_date desc