Simple DateTime sql query

Question

How do I query DateTime database field within a certain range?

I am using SQL SERVER 2005

Error code below

SELECT * 
  FROM TABLENAME 
 WHERE DateTime >= 12/04/2011 12:00:00 AM 
   AND DateTime <= 25/05/2011 3:53:04 AM

Note that I need to get rows within a certain time range. Example, 10 mins time range.

Currently SQL return with Incorrect syntax near '12'."

clyc's answer is correct: you need to add quotes. I've made this mistake before, because if you do `where date = 1/12/2011` for example, it will *appear* to work, but actually divide 1/12/2011 and get zero, and then treat zero as the minimum possible datetime value. — John Gibb, May 25 '11 at 05:20

Alex Aza · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-25T04:05:33.123

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You missed single quote sign:

SELECT * 
FROM TABLENAME 
WHERE DateTime >= '12/04/2011 12:00:00 AM' AND DateTime <= '25/05/2011 3:53:04 AM'

Also, it is recommended to use ISO8601 format YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.nnn[ Z ], as this one will not depend on your server's local culture.

SELECT *
FROM TABLENAME 
WHERE 
    DateTime >= '2011-04-12T00:00:00.000' AND 
    DateTime <= '2011-05-25T03:53:04.000'

edited May 25 '11 at 04:05

answered May 25 '11 at 04:00

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Does not work as well Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 1 The conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range datetime value. – ove May 25 '11 at 04:06
@overule - try using the second example – Alex Aza May 25 '11 at 04:07
@overule - also, make sure that your column has datetime type. – Alex Aza May 25 '11 at 04:09
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@Eric - yyyymmdd doesn't have time. – Alex Aza May 25 '11 at 04:19

score 10 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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You need quotes around the string you're trying to pass off as a date, and you can also use BETWEEN here:

 SELECT *
   FROM TABLENAME
  WHERE DateTime BETWEEN '04/12/2011 12:00:00 AM' AND '05/25/2011 3:53:04 AM'

See answer to the following question for examples on how to explicitly convert strings to dates while specifying the format:

Sql Server string to date conversion

edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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answered May 25 '11 at 04:01

Milimetric

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Same error as above. Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 1 The conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range datetime value. I am really confused. – ove May 25 '11 at 04:07
oh, I just copied your date time, you've got 25/05 but it's probably expecting month/date so switch those both around. I edited my answer and linked to a good question here on SO that shows how to convert strings to dates explicitly – Milimetric May 25 '11 at 12:06

score 9 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 14 '13 at 23:50

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This has worked for me in both SQL Server 2005 and 2008:

SELECT * from TABLE
WHERE FIELDNAME > {ts '2013-02-01 15:00:00.001'}
  AND FIELDNAME < {ts '2013-08-05 00:00:00.000'}

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answered Sep 14 '13 at 23:27

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score 7 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 14 '18 at 12:24

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You can execute below code

SELECT Time FROM [TableName] where DATEPART(YYYY,[Time])='2018' and DATEPART(MM,[Time])='06' and DATEPART(DD,[Time])='14

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answered Jun 14 '18 at 11:31

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clyc · Answer 5 · 2011-05-25T04:22:53.820

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SELECT * 
  FROM TABLENAME 
 WHERE [DateTime] >= '2011-04-12 12:00:00 AM'
   AND [DateTime] <= '2011-05-25 3:35:04 AM'

If this doesn't work, please script out your table and post it here. this will help us get you the correct answer quickly.

edited May 25 '11 at 04:22

answered May 25 '11 at 04:17

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ErikE · Answer 6 · 2015-11-25T19:29:59.873

Others have already said that date literals in SQL Server require being surrounded with single quotes, but I wanted to add that you can solve your month/day mixup problem two ways (that is, the problem where 25 is seen as the month and 5 the day) :

Use an explicit Convert(datetime, 'datevalue', style) where style is one of the numeric style codes, see Cast and Convert. The style parameter isn't just for converting dates to strings but also for determining how strings are parsed to dates.
Use a region-independent format for dates stored as strings. The one I use is 'yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss', or consider ISO format, yyyy-mm-ddThh:mi:ss.mmm. Based on experimentation, there are NO other language-invariant format string. (Though I think you can include time zone at the end, see the above link).

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered May 25 '11 at 12:06

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select getdate()

O/P
----
2011-05-25 17:29:44.763

select convert(varchar(30),getdate(),131) >= '12/04/2011 12:00:00 AM'

O/P
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22/06/1432  5:29:44:763PM

answered May 25 '11 at 12:06

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I.MO · Answer 8 · 2022-07-27T11:43:25.970

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if you have a type of datetime and you want to check between dates only ,,,use cast to select between two dates ....

example...

... where cast( Datetime as date) >= cast( Datetime as date) AND cast( Datetime as date) <= cast( Datetime as date)

edited Jul 27 '22 at 11:43

answered Jul 20 '22 at 09:27

I.MO

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How does this answer the question? Also, does this question need yet another answer? – Gert Arnold Jul 20 '22 at 09:38
if you have a type of datetime and you want to check between dates only – I.MO Jul 27 '22 at 10:09

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