Mysql Compare Dates

Question

Hello,

I want to compare a date from DB that is between 2 given dates. The column from DB is DATETIME ,and I want to compare it only to date format,not datetime format.

SELECT * FROM `players` WHERE CONVERT(CHAR(10),us_reg_date,120) >= '2000-07-05' AND CONVERT(CHAR(10),us_reg_date,120) <= '2011-11-10'

I get this error when I execute the SQL above :

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'us_reg_date,120) >= '2000-07-05' AND CONVERT(CHAR(10),us_reg_date,120) <= '2011-' at line 1

Answer 1

That is SQL Server syntax for converting a date to a string. In MySQL you can use the DATE function to extract the date from a datetime:

SELECT *
FROM players
WHERE DATE(us_reg_date) BETWEEN '2000-07-05' AND '2011-11-10'

But if you want to take advantage of an index on the column us_reg_date you might want to try this instead:

SELECT *
FROM players
WHERE us_reg_date >= '2000-07-05'
  AND us_reg_date < '2011-11-10' + interval 1 day

Answer 2

You can try below query,

select * from players where us_reg_date between '2000-07-05' and DATE_ADD('2011-11-10',INTERVAL 1 DAY)