Selecting records between two date range query

We can collect records between two date fields of a table by using BETWEEN query. We can use this to get records between two years or between two months. We can combine all this and try for getting records between two date ranges.
Between Dates Query

Between two years

We will first start by displaying records between two years. Before that, you can read on how to get year part from a date field. Now let us try to get records between the years 2004 and 2005. Here is our query

SELECT * FROM `dt_tb` WHERE year( dt2 ) between 2004 and 2005

IN the above query dt2 is our date field and in the result, both the years 2004 and 2005 will be included in our records.

Records of different date ranges by using DATE_SUB(), CURDATE() and BETWEEN() query.

Between two month ranges.

Now let us collect the records between two months ( Say Feb to Aug months without any year specification). Note that if we are using the only a month in our between command so for any year the range of month we specified will be returned by the query. For example, if we ask for records between Feb and Aug months then we will get records of between the month Feb and Aug for all the years.
Here is the example.

SELECT * FROM `dt_tb` WHERE month(dt) BETWEEN '02' and '08'

The above query will return us records of all the months between February and August of any year. We can specify the year also along with the months like this

SELECT * FROM `dt_tb` WHERE MONTH(dt) 
	BETWEEN '02' and '08' AND YEAR(dt) BETWEEN 2004 and 2005

The above query may not give us the desired result as it will collect records of Feb to Aug for the years 2004 and 2005. To get the records between two months with the year we have to change this query. Let us say we want records from March 2015 to Feb 2016.

SELECT FROM table_name WHERE dte_field 
	BETWEEN '2015-03-01' AND LAST_DAY('2016-02-01')

By using LAST_DAY function we are getting the last date of the month.

Generate Query by using Month & Year from Calendar

There are more details on how to get the month part of any date field here.

Between two date ranges

Now let us move to select a range of records between two dates. Here is the SQL for this

SELECT * FROM `dt_tb` WHERE dt BETWEEN '2005-01-01' AND '2005-12-31'

Date Format to use in query

You have seen we have used 'Y-m-d' date format in our query. We may not get data always in this format so here is the PHP code to convert to this format before using inside a query.

$date = new DateTime($dt2);
$dt2=$date->format('Y-m-d');

Similarly, you can change the variable $dt1 to a new date format.
Now we can use inside our query.

SELECT * FROM `dt_tb` WHERE dt BETWEEN BETWEEN '$dt1' AND '$dt2'

When we are offering input fields to the user to enter date then it is better to offer two calendars to the user to select dates. Here the user may like to enter one date as FROM date and expect to get all records starting from that date. The same way user may enter only TO date and expect all records equal to or before the TO date. Using these conditions we can generate Query.

Generate Query by using dates from Calendar

Generate Query by using date and time
Once the query is generated by using the above example, we can apply it to any table and generate the records.

DEMO of how date is used to collect records

Here is the code for the SQL dump of the file to create your table for testing.


CREATE TABLE dt_tb (
  id int(2) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  dt datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  dt2 date NOT NULL default '0000-00-00',
  PRIMARY KEY  (id)
) ;

# Dumping data for table `dt_tb`

INSERT INTO dt_tb VALUES (1, '2004-10-26 00:00:00', '2005-01-25');
INSERT INTO dt_tb VALUES (2, '2004-05-05 23:56:25', '2005-06-12');
INSERT INTO dt_tb VALUES (3, '2005-12-08 13:20:10', '2005-06-06');
INSERT INTO dt_tb VALUES (4, '2003-05-26 00:00:00', '2007-12-18');
INSERT INTO dt_tb VALUES (5, '2007-12-18 00:00:00', '2003-08-16');

SQL Date References Records between two dates using DATE_SUB

rose	09-06-2009
I need to retrieve the records which are between the 2 days(TWO dates are of two different fields)

rei	13-07-2009
I also need to get the records between dates! Is it any solution?

Naveen Ram	24-09-2009
Hi, i want to select all the records which has date below 9/24/09. for eg: in datebase the records are Date 9/30/2009 9/24/2009 10/3/2009 9/26/2009 9/25/2009 in that i want to select only 9/24/09 and below. i write the query as Select Date From DateTable Where Date <= '9/24/2009'. i got result as Date 9/24/2009 10/3/2009

Girihdar	02-10-2009
hi i need the query for display the dates between the two dates, and my condition is only between dates, no retrieving the data from the database.

Praise	05-10-2009
Is there a way to write this SQL code better. cos ikeep getting an error: SELECT qryViewExcesses.CIID, qryViewExcesses.CustomerName, qryViewExcesses.Industry, qryViewExcesses.RelationshipManager, qryViewExcesses.FirstDate, qryViewExcesses.DaysInExcess, qryViewExcesses.EndDate, qryViewExcesses.CCY, tbl_AllExcesses.[Date Of Report], tbl_AllExcesses.[EXCESS AMOUNT] FROM tbl_AllExcesses RIGHT JOIN qryViewExcesses ON tbl_AllExcesses.[Customer ID] = qryViewExcesses.CIID WHERE (((tbl_AllExcesses.[Date Of Report]) Between [qryViewExcesses].[FirstDate] And [qryViewExcesses].[EndDate]));

Karthik	09-10-2009
hi i need the query for display the dates between the two dates, and my condition is only between dates, no retrieving the data from the database. SELECT * FROM Timesheet WHERE date BETWEEN '25/09/2009' and '07/10/2009' i didnt get any result regarding this.. pls help me to solve this problem

Natalie	03-11-2009
I need to find results of a sale date that are between sysdate and 4 days from sysdate. How can I do this?

smo	04-11-2009
You have to use CURDATE function, see the Must Read section at the top or visit this CURDATE

Anita	05-11-2009
Hi, I want to display all the records between '2009-11-02' to '2009-11-05'. Using Between clause display dates from 2009-11-02 2009-11-03 2009-11-04 but not 2009-11-05. How can i get 2009-11-05 as well. thank you.

saintjab	24-01-2010
I have two culumns date and amount. I want to find the sum between two given dates assuming table name is money.

kuthey	13-02-2010
@saintjab: Dats easy. use group by

Pattanayak	30-03-2010
Hi Anita, Please use the follwoing statement: SELECT * FROM Tablename WHERE dt BETWEEN '2009-11-02' AND '2009-11-06' thanks

kishori	11-07-2010
I have a table in mysql where one column is date and another column is medical status( FIT/Repeat ). How can I fetch the records by date and medical status. either FIT or Repeat

dharma	09-08-2010
hi, i have to select the first sunday,first tuesday from date 17-8-2010 to 17-9-2010

vincent	24-03-2010
"Select Date From DateTable Where Date <= '9/24/2009'" use bettween..

ankita bansal	31-03-2010
create proc SP_Get_Result ( @DateFrom nvarchar(50), @DateTo nvarchar(50) ) as SELECT * FROM Timesheet WHERE date BETWEEN @DateFrom and @DateTo i didnt get any result regarding this.. pls help me to solve this problem

Big Vern	16-04-2010
I am looking to use the between dates action in Mysql, but want to use variables, so instead of SELECT * FROM Tablename WHERE date BETWEEN '2009-11-02' AND '2009-11-06' USing PHP I want to use $datefrom = date('Y-m-d',strtotime(date1)); $dateto = date('Y-m-d',strtotime(date2)); to adapt the query to SELECT * FROM Tablename WHERE date BETWEEN ".$datefrom." AND ".$dateto,"" I have tried this but it doesnt work, any ideas?

Manaat	26-04-2010
i have a table in oracle where one column is xmltype and one node in the xml is date i have to write a query which selects the data from this table but between a specific date range please help

Rik	25-08-2010
hey i am trying to use the: SELECT * FROM Tablename WHERE date BETWEEN ".$datefrom." AND ".$dateto,"" too is there any ideas to dong this ive been trying for about 2 - 3 weeks

kamlesh makvana	07-09-2010
i want to display a grap of data between two date using between clause plz help me

Mahesh	14-12-2010
This is Very Perfect Answer for this question

Dan Lubbs	07-11-2012
... WHERE date BETWEEN [FromDate] and [ThruDate]. Example of a FromDate is 9/1/2012 and ThruDate is 10/30/2012. I want to prompt with a normal date style not 2012-09-01.

Akhilesh	06-08-2013
I want to know the difference in the two dates. I need perfect answer using asp.net pgm sir. thank you

waleed	17-09-2013
how to generate a report in php mysql. online shopping website total stock and order information .

Fetching records between two date ranges

Between two years

Between two month ranges.

Between two date ranges

Date Format to use in query

nin	08-10-2013
if i have not passed from date and to date then i want to display whole records... hows it possible

Rajeev Bhatia	30-10-2013
Hi Friends, Please help me: i have a table which has a field named 'rate' and i am using between query for selecting rates and displaying records but the problem is :- how do i pass the the selected dates from two comboboxes for this i need two variables what will be the query if i have to pass variables from c# coding. Thank in advance Rajeev

Swati Umakant Hingane	01-04-2014
i have table lead and i want to search record between from_date and to_date but from_date and to_date not present in database please help me........

hello there	20-04-2014
I want to display record between fromdate - todate and also between fromtime - totime. where fromtime is of fromdate and totime is of totime. like record between 01-01-2014 08:00:00 to 03-01-2014 18:00:00. in my database both field time and date are different and from where I am taking input, is a textbox.

Senthil	28-05-2014
I have a two text box for from-date and to-date, in this the to-date field has an issue that the record was not fetched from the database for that to-date search, any solution for this issue

Praveen	05-06-2014
Hi, I need to pass one value of date to return the entire records of that particular month of the date. Like if the date is 05-JUN-2014 I want to see the entire records of the June month..Any idea pls post back.. Thank you

jaanu	30-06-2014
Hi, i need to select the date in a database in a application the application verified time is 3days if it exceeds the compensation is 50rs per exceed day i need solution for this.plzzz post back

Rahul Shitole	02-07-2014
Hi, i need generate report from date wise

sandeep	16-07-2014
I want to display record between fromdate - todate and also between fromtime - totime. where fromtime is of fromdate and totime is of totime. like record between 01-01-2014 08:00:00 to 03-01-2014 18:00:00. in my database both field time and date are different and from where I am taking input, is a textbox.

roopa	12-08-2014
sir i got a query as below... display order info with salesman which has given on date before 10 of any month.. will pls help me in writing a sql