MySQL: query between two dates?

Question

SELECT * FROM `objects` 
WHERE  (date_field BETWEEN '2010-09-29 10:15:55' AND '2010-01-30 14:15:55')

returns nothing.

I should have more than enough data to for the query to work though... what am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Is date_field of type datetime? Also you need to put the eariler date first.

It should be:

SELECT * FROM `objects` 
WHERE  (date_field BETWEEN '2010-01-30 14:15:55' AND '2010-09-29 10:15:55')

Answer 2

Your second date is before your first date (ie. you are querying between September 29 2010 and January 30 2010). Try reversing the order of the dates:

SELECT *
FROM `objects`
WHERE (date_field BETWEEN '2010-01-30 14:15:55' AND '2010-09-29 10:15:55')

Answer 3

switch the dates around? 2010-09-29 > 2010-01-30?

Answer 4

Might be a problem with date configuration on server side or on client side. I've found this to be a common problem on multiple databases when the host is configured in spanish, french or whatever... that could affect the format dd/mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yyyy.

Answer 5

Your query should have date as

select * from table between `lowerdate` and `upperdate`

try

SELECT * FROM `objects` 
WHERE  (date_field BETWEEN '2010-01-30 14:15:55' AND '2010-09-29 10:15:55')