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'."

Solution 1

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'

Solution 2

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

Solution 3

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'}

Solution 4

You can execute below code

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

Solution 5

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
---
22/06/1432  5:29:44:763PM

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Comments

[ove]

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]

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.

[Alex Aza]

@overule - try using the second example

[Alex Aza]

@overule - also, make sure that your column has datetime type.

[Alex Aza]

@Eric - yyyymmdd doesn't have time.

[Milimetric]

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