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Re: select date from DATETIME field [message #185607 is a reply to message #185600]

Sat, 19 April 2014 21:44

pentapus
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On 4/19/2014 3:50 PM, Lew Pitcher wrote:
> On Saturday 19 April 2014 15:39, in comp.lang.php, "pentapus"
> <pentapus(at)example(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> I have a DATETIME field that I am looking for rows that just match the
>> date. What is the easy way?
>>
>> I thought SELECT * FROM some_table WHERE DATE(time-date-field) = ... but
>> no go...
>
> Try quoting the target date, as in
> SELECT * from some_table WHERE DATE(time-date-field) = '2014-01-01';

Thanks. That works. I'd left out the dashes (in my php date code) when I
changed to DATETIME. Just knowing I had the sql syntax correct was
enough to put me on the right track.
>
> Here's an example from something I'm working on...
>
> mysql> select recipe_name, recipe_date from recipe where date(recipe_date)
> = '2014-04-14';
> +--------------------+---------------------+
> | recipe_name | recipe_date |
> +--------------------+---------------------+
> | Beef and Corn Bake | 2014-04-14 20:27:13 |
> +--------------------+---------------------+
> 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
>
> mysql> select recipe_name, recipe_date from recipe where date(recipe_date)
> = '2014-04-03';
> +---------------------+---------------------+
> | recipe_name | recipe_date |
> +---------------------+---------------------+
> | Coffee Rubbed Steak | 2014-04-03 09:14:20 |
> +---------------------+---------------------+
> 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
>
>
> HTH

It did.
>

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		select date from DATETIME field By: pentapus on Sat, 19 April 2014 19:39
		Re: select date from DATETIME field By: Lew Pitcher on Sat, 19 April 2014 19:50
		Re: select date from DATETIME field By: pentapus on Sat, 19 April 2014 21:44
		Re: select date from DATETIME field By: Luuk on Sun, 20 April 2014 13:13
		Re: select date from DATETIME field By: Tim Streater on Sat, 19 April 2014 20:00
		Re: select date from DATETIME field By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 19 April 2014 21:21
		Re: select date from DATETIME field By: Denis McMahon on Sat, 19 April 2014 21:01
		Re: select date from DATETIME field By: pentapus on Sat, 19 April 2014 21:39

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