How do you convert a string to a date in mysql? - mysql

I must be doing something wrong. I'm trying to search the database on a OrderDate column which is stored as a string ex. "7/21/2016 9:13:31 PM"
AND I want to convert OrderDate to a unix timestamp for the query statement :
UNIX_TIMESTAMP(STR_TO_DATE(OrderDate, '%e/%c/%Y %r')) >=
'1471496400' AND UNIX_TIMESTAMP(STR_TO_DATE(OrderDate, '%e/%c/%Y
%r')) <= '1471669199'
There are plenty of results in the table that should match this. But I'm not getting any of them. What am I doing wrong?
I've read the manual and searched the internet and cannot figure out what I am doing so please don't tell me to RTM

This worked for me
UNIX_TIMESTAMP(STR_TO_DATE(OrderDate, '%c/%e/%Y')) >= '$timestamp1'
AND UNIX_TIMESTAMP(STR_TO_DATE(OrderDate, '%c/%e/%Y')) <= '$timestamp2'

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mysql date comparision is not working unable to find the issue

i have a huge data with dates as string.
column name date1
datatype varchar
the stored data is in this format:14-Mar-2016 05:44:38pm
Now I have split only date from this string like this: 14-03-2016
By using this: DATE_FORMAT(STR_TO_DATE(gr.date1, '%d-%M-%Y'),'%d-%m-%Y')
Now I am trying to compare the date with this query:
SELECT * FROM
( SELECT date1,DATE_FORMAT(STR_TO_DATE(date1, '%d-%M-%Y'),'%d-%m-%Y') as dateFormatted
FROM `grabt` ) as mTbl WHERE mTbl.dateFormatted >= '19-01-2016'
AND mTbl.dateFormatted <= '25-01-2016'
but it is not working what could be the possible error.?
The timestamp string 14-Mar-2016 05:44:38pm can be converted to a datetime using the STR_TO_DATE() along with the format string %d-%b-%Y %r. We can then obtain only the date portion by wrapping that with DATE(). Have a look here for a demo to see that this works.
SELECT *
FROM
(
SELECT DATE(STR_TO_DATE(date1, '%d-%b-%Y %r')) AS dateFormatted
FROM grabt
) AS mTbl
WHERE mTbl.dateFormatted BETWEEN '2016-01-19' AND '2016-01-25'
As Gordon already pointed out, you should ideally be using date types not strings for your date calculations. And by the way, use a valid date string when comparing in your WHERE clause. YYYY-MM-DD is a valid format, e.g. 2016-01-19, but 19-01-2016 is not.
Learn to use the right types for columns. Perhaps you are stuck with someone else's really bad decision to store date/times as strings. Perhaps you cannot change that. But, within a query, use the right types!
SELECT mTbl.*,
LEFT(date1, 10) as FormattedDate -- Is this really necessary?
FROM (SELECT date1,
STR_TO_DATE(LEFT(date1, 10), '%d-%M-%Y') as thedate
FROM `grabt`
) mTbl
WHERE mTbl.thedate >= '2016-01-19' AND
mTbl.thedate <= '2016-01-25';
This will do the comparison as dates not as strings.

How to select latest date from database in MySQL

I have list of date in MySQL in the format of "MM-DD-YYYY" and When I was trying to fetch the latest date from table it just return the last date of a Year like 12-01-2014 instead of return latest date 03-16-2016.
Payment history table:
to_date
03-16-2016
12-01-2014
11-07-2014
10-03-2014
01-09-2014
I used following query:
SELECT MAX(to_date) FROM paymenthistory WHERE empid=59;
Result : 12-01-2014
Related post: Get the latest date from grouped MySQL data
Thanks in advance
You're working with strings, not native dates, so you're getting the maximum date.
Either convert those strings to ACTUAL mysql date/datetime values, or you'll have to go with ugly hacks, like
SELECT MAX(STR_TO_DATE(to_date, '%m-%d-%Y'))
and performance will be massively bad. MySQL's native date format is yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss, which is a natural "most significant first" format. If your date strings were formatted like that, then even a max(string) would work.
It sounds like your date column is actually a VARCHAR format since it is seeing 12-01-2014 as the last date which is only true if stored as a VARCHAR.
Be sure your to_date column is a DATE type.
have you tried this?
SELECT TOP 1 * FROM paymenthistory WHERE empid = 29 ORDER BY to_date DESC;
For mysql try this
SELECT * FROM paymenthistory WHERE empid=59 ORDER BY to_date DESC LIMIT 1;

Mysql Select with Dates and maybe Case when

im having a problem where i cant think of a solution, maybe im having a bad table-structure or i just dont know enough about mysql select commands to think of a good solution. Maybe you can help me out:
So i got a table that has a Column with the Date-format (yyyy-mm-dd) i wanted to select all upcoming dates so i did:
SELECT * WHERE date >= now.
This worked kinda well but i also got "dates" where only the year is entered (2014-00-00) i also wanted to select these but "now" is already bigger so i made another column with the year only and if the month, date or both arent known i will use 0000-00-00 and the Column "year" now i could select like this:
SELECT * WHERE date >= now AND year >=now(year)
Now all entrys with 0000-00-00 wont be selected. If i use OR the entrys from last year will be shown.
So thats my problem, is there any way i can change my table so i can have entries with only the year or only year and month and of course all together? I already considered get rid of the date-format and use simple INT with seperated columns for year, month and date. But i think i will have the same problem.
Sometimes i just want to do a capsuled select like
SELECT *
WHERE (date >= now AND year >= now(year))
OR date == "0000-00-00" (i know that this doesnt work)
If I understood your problem correctly, you could use this request:
WHERE (date >= now OR year > now(year))
There is probably a simpler way though, that would preserve your design, like initializing at January 1st (01-01) instead of 00-00
I think you can use this code:
$_SESSION['month'] = //set here your selected month
$_SESSION['year'] = //set here your selected year
SELECT * FROM table WHERE DATEPART(m,date) >= '".$_SESSION['month']."' AND DATEPART(yyyy,year) >= '".$_SESSION['year']."' AND date <> '0000-00-00'
Change your table structure format. Actually just allow for that field to have null value when not entered. By default it will be null then. You shouldn't be storing 0000-00-00 as a value for Date type field. I would rather leave it as null , or as suggested in some of previous answers, initialize it with some other date. It would be much easier to manipulate with database then.
the problem is that half of you write is not MySQL and your database schema is terrible...
You have the following problems:
column data date does not have the date data type.
To fix it, you need to add a cast to the select statement eg. cast(datecolumn as date)
select * from table where cast(datecolumn as date) >= '2014-01-10';
the way to use now date is using the now function.
select now(), date(now());
result> 2014-01-10 11:11:36, 2014-01-10
select * from table where cast(datecolumn as date) >= date(now());
Because your datecolumn is not a date (2014-00-00 is not a valid date), you need to use string manipulation to extract the year.
select substring('2014-01-01', 1,4)
result> 2014
select * from table where substring(datecolumn, 1,4) = year(now());
The comparassion operator is = and not ==
the select statement syntax looks like this (pay attention because you are missing the table in your statement)
select * from [Table] where [column] = condition ...
You probably need or instead of ands, therefore your query should look like this:
select * from FooTable where
cast(datecolumn as date) >= date(now())
or substring(datecolumn, 1,4) >= year(now())
or datecolumn = '0000-00-00'
You should use something like phpmyAdmin or mySQL workbench to test your sql queries before try to use them on php, java or whatever is your programing language.

how to get the data using from date and to date in sql server?

i need to retreive data from database with the condition from date to to date using between query,
my query is,
select * from Master where Date between '01-08-2013' and '30-08-2013'
but it retreive all data from the table...
i need only data with in that date..
i tried another one like,
select * from PatientMaster where EntryDate >= '01-08-2013' and EntryDate<= '30-08-2013'
how its posible..
whats wrong with my query...
sorry im very bad in english...
thank you in advance...
A date string has the syntax YYYY-MM-DD and not DD-MM-YYYY
select * from Master
where `Date` between '2013-08-01' and '2013-08-30'
for that you can use
select * from Master where Date >='01-08-2013' and dateadd(dd,1,'30-08-2013')
You have to convert your strings to dates. This page shows you how to do it in mysql, which is what you have tagged. For sql server, which is in your subject line, use this page.
Then you do a slight modification of your 2nd attempt. Instead of
and EntryDate <= the end date
you want
and EntryDate < the day after the end date
That takes care of any time components. It might not matter in your case, but it's a good habit to get into.
You'll be looking for an query that works with your format? (dd-mm-yy)
CAST to the desired format!
http://www.w3schools.com/sql/func_convert.asp
105 = dd-mm-yy
SELECT * FROM Master
WHERE CONVERT(date, Date, 105) BETWEEN '01-08-13' and '30-08-13'
Be conscious with regards of the choice of data type for date Columns,
with or without time, day or year first etc. and please do not use varchar
for dates...
know that it CAN be confusing to call a date column for only Date...
be consistent with high/lower case.

Help me to revise mySQL query

I am trying to check if a regulation's date reminder is today and regulation's date end not yet passed then I do not want it to display. The problem is that the query that I made isn't working in mysql. Can anyone help me to revise my query?
Here is my query:
$query="select * from t_regulation where dt_reminder >= '$today' and dt_ended ='$today'"
This is assuming that your dt_reminder columns type is DATETIME, and not some sort of timestap.
SELECT * FROM t_regulation WHERE DATE(dt_reminder) >= CURDATE() AND DATE(dt_ended) = CURDATE()
You can do many funky things with date functions;
Mysql date/time functions
Very frequently I run into the problem that my date variable is a string that is not properly formatted for the default date time stamp in Mysql.
Remember it should be 'yyyy-mm-dd' for this comparison.
Also, for since the 'date ended' has not yet passed, shouldn't it be:
$query="select * from t_regulation where dt_reminder >= '$today' and (dt_ended > '$today' or dt_ended is null)"