CTE to get dates between two dates using SQL Server - sql-server-2008

Question

I want to fetch missing dates between two dates
say #maxDate = '2013-01-28'
say #curDate = GetDate()
I have written CTE to do this. Here is my CTE:
create procedure EmpDate
as begin
declare #curDate Date
set #curDate = GETDATE()
declare #maxDate Date
select #maxDate = MAX(EmpAttendance.Sdate)
from EmpAttendance
;with GetDates As
(
select 1 as counter, #maxDate as Date
UNION ALL
select counter + 1, DATEADD(day,counter,#maxDate)
from GetDates
where DATEADD(day, counter, #maxDate) < #curDate
)
select Date from GetDates
end
go
The result of this is
Date
2013-01-28
2013-01-29
2013-01-30
but I want
2013-01-29
2013-01-30
Please help me out.

Answer 1

Change
select 1 as counter, #maxDate as Date
to
select 1 as counter, DATEADD(day,1,#maxDate) as Date
To make it simpler though change the CTE
;with GetDates As
(
select DATEADD(day,1,#maxDate) as TheDate
UNION ALL
select DATEADD(day,1, TheDate) from GetDates
where TheDate < #curDate
)
...

Answer 2

DECLARE #STARTDATE DATETIME;
DECLARE #ENDDATE DATETIME;
DECLARE #YEARS INTEGER;
SET #YEARS = 10;
SET #STARTDATE = '20170101';
SELECT #ENDDATE = DATEADD(DAY,-1,DATEADD(YEAR,#YEARS,#STARTDATE));
DECLARE #FirstDayOfWeek INTEGER;
SET #FirstDayOfWeek = 6;
;WITH CTE_DATES
AS
(
SELECT #STARTDATE AS [DATE],
1 AS [Level]
UNION ALL
SELECT
DATEADD(DAY,1, [DATE] ) , [Level] + 1
FROM CTE_DATES
WHERE [DATE] < #ENDDATE
)
SELECT
[DATE],
DATENAME(dw,[Date]) AS Daynamelong,
LEFT(DATENAME(dw,[Date]),3) AS DaynameShort,
DATEPART(dw,[Date]) AS NaturalDayNumber,
CASE WHEN DATEPART(dw,[Date]) >= #FirstDayOfWeek THEN (DATEPART(dw,[Date]) - (#FirstDayOfWeek)) +1
ELSE
((DATEPART(dw,[Date]) - (#FirstDayOfWeek)) +1) + 7
END AS SpecialDayNumber,
[Level]
FROM
CTE_DATES
ORDER BY
[DATE] ASC
OPTION (MAXRECURSION 5000);