mySQL dateTime range Query Issue

Question

I have a quick question. I\'m have a db an audit Table with a datetime column in it. (i.e 2012-03-27 00:00:00) and I\'m building a mySQL query to return a set of rows if the dat

Answer 1

As far as I know, dates in MySql are represented with the format yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss hence you need to do this:

SELECT * FROM util_audit 
WHERE DATED >= '2012-02-15 00:00:00' AND DATED <= '2012-03-31 00:00:00';

Or even better:

SELECT * FROM util_audit 
WHERE DATED BETWEEN '2012-02-15 00:00:00' AND '2012-03-31 00:00:00';

Answer 2

Try:

SELECT * FROM util_audit WHERE `DATED` BETWEEN "2012-03-15" AND "2012-03-31";

Answer 3

There's a few edge cases which need to be caught here by using the correct end date, if not items on the 31st are ignored:

SELECT * FROM util_audit 
WHERE DATED >= '2012-02-15 00:00:00' AND DATED <= '2012-03-31 23:59:59';

SELECT * FROM util_audit 
WHERE DATED BETWEEN '2012-02-15 00:00:00' AND '2012-03-31 23:59:59';

Or you could push the end date forward and use:

SELECT * FROM util_audit 
WHERE DATED >= '2012-02-15 00:00:00' AND DATED < '2012-04-01';

SELECT * FROM util_audit 
WHERE DATED BETWEEN '2012-02-15 00:00:00' AND '2012-04-01';

Just came across this myself so hope it helps if other people find this page.