SQL Date and Time in WHERE clause - sql

I need to use today's date in WHERE clause of a statement as 11:59 PM for today’s date. for eg. if today is 09/04/2018 then I want '09/04/2018 23:59'. I tried the following but didn't work:
DECLARE #today SMALLDATETIME
SET #today = DATEADD(month, ((YEAR(GETDATE()) - 1900) * 12) + MONTH(GETDATE()) - 1, DAY(GETDATE()) - 1) + ' 23:59:59'
PRINT #today
Please guide

If you like, you can do this with date arithmetic:
SET #today = dateadd(minute, -1, cast(dateadd(day, 1, cast(getdate() as date)) as smalldatetime));
I am concerned about trying to get the last minute of the day. That suggests that you might be trying to use between or <= on datetimes. Usually it is better to avoid constructs and use <.

You could use DATETIMEFROMPARTS:
DECLARE #t DATE = GETDATE();
SELECT DATETIMEFROMPARTS(YEAR(#t),MONTH(#t),DAY(#t),23,59,0,0);
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Getdate() functionality returns partial day in select query

I have a query -
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE Date >= DATEADD (day, -7, -getdate()) AND Date <= getdate();
This would return all records for each day except day 7. If I ran this query on a Sunday at 17:00 it would only produce results going back to Monday 17:00. How could I include results from Monday 08:00.
Try it like this:
SELECT *
FROM SomeWhere
WHERE [Date] > DATEADD(HOUR,8,DATEADD(DAY, -7, CAST(CAST(GETDATE() AS DATE) AS DATETIME))) --7 days back, 8 o'clock
AND [Date] <= GETDATE(); --now
That's because you are comparing date+time, not only date.
If you want to include all days, you can trunc the time-portion from getdate(): you can accomplish that with a conversion to date:
SELECT * FROM TABLE
WHERE Date >= DATEADD (day, -7, -convert(date, getdate())
AND Date <= convert(date, getdate());
If you want to start from 8 in the morning, the best is to add again 8 hours to getdate.
declare #t datetime = dateadd(HH, 8, convert(datetime, convert(date, getdate())))
SELECT * FROM TABLE
WHERE Date >= DATEADD (day, -7, -#t) AND Date <= #t;
NOTE: with the conversion convert(date, getdate()) you get a datatype date and you cannot add hours directly to it; you must re-convert it to datetime.
Sounds like you want to remove the time. Correct? If so then do the following.
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE Date >= (DATEADD (day, -7, -getdate()) AND Date DATEADD(dd, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, getdate()), 0))

Select records from start of month to current date

I'm trying to select records that were added to the database between the start of the current month and the current day - I more or less know how to get records from the current day, and within a specific time period - but how do I get it so it starts from the beginning of the current calendar month?
DECLARE #sm DATETIME;
SET #sm = DATEADD(DAY, 1-DAY(GETDATE()), DATEDIFF(DAY, 0, GETDATE()));
SELECT columns
FROM dbo.foo
WHERE datetime_column >= #sm;
WHERE YEAR([Date])=YEAR(GETDATE())
AND MONTH([Date])=MONTH(GETDATE())
AND DAY([Date])<=DAY(GETDATE())
select *
from YourTable
where DateCol >= dateadd(month, datediff(month, 0, getdate()), 0)
Basically what you're doing here is Getting the Month, appending '/01' and then appending the year. Casting it as a string to handle the appending, then casting it as a DateTime.
So it's a little bit more involved than doing any sort of date math, but it's readable I think.
DECLARE #firstOfMonth DATETIME
SET #firstOfMonth = CAST(CAST(DATEPART(mm, GetDate()) as varchar) + '/01/' + cast(DATEPART(yyyy, Getdate()) as varchar) as datetime)
WHERE DateToCheck BETWEEN #firstOfMonth and GetDate()
WHERE DateToCheck > LAST_DAY(CURDATE()-INTERVAL 1 MONTH))
http://www.sqlfiddle.com/#!2/3d673/2/0

TSQL SELECT previous date's records

I want to select all records from a table Log where the DateAndTime field values (of type datetime) are for the day before today, whatever day it is.
So if today is 2011-06-08, I want to select all rows where DateAndTime is greater than or equal to 2011-06-07 00:00:00 and also less than 2011-06-08 00:00:00.
I'm guessing the potential pitfall here would be it's behaviour on the 1st day of the month, as obviously a date like 2011-06-00 is invalid, and should be 2011-05-31.
For SQL Server 2008 you can use this.
select *
from [log]
where cast(DateAndTime as date) = cast(getdate()-1 as date)
Pre 2008 you can use this
select *
from [log]
where DateAndTime >= dateadd(d, datediff(d, 0, getdate())-1, 0) and
DateAndTime < dateadd(d, datediff(d, 0, getdate()), 0)
Related on DBA: Cast to date is sargable but is it a good idea?
SELECT * FROM Log
WHERE DateAndTime >= DATEADD(DAY,-1, CAST(GETDATE() AS DATE))
AND DateAndTime < CAST(CAST(GETDATE() AS DATE) AS DATETIME)
This example assumes SQL Server:
select *
from log
where convert(varchar(8), DateAndTime , 112) = convert(varchar(8), getdate()-1, 112)
Essentially, convert the date to yyyymmdd (the 112 parameter) and then check it is equal to yesterday's date (getdate()-1), also converted to yyyymmdd.
Assuming SQL Server
declare #today date
set #today = GETDATE()
select * from Log where DateAndTime between DATEADD(dd, -1, #today ) and #today
It should include conditional operator and not between .
Otherwise it includes today's records as well.
Declare #today date
Set #today = GETDATE()
Select YourcolumnNames from log
Where DateAndTime >= DATEADD(dd, -1, #today ) and DateAndTime < DATEADD(dd, -1, #today )
Moreover, you should mention the column name and * should be avoided in the select statement. This can improve the performance

Set time portion of a datetime variable

I am working on a query that will be an automated job. It needs to find all the transactions between 8 PM and 8 PM for the last day. I was thinking of doing something like this
DECLARE #start_date DATETIME
DECLARE #end_date DATETIME
SET #start_date = DATEADD(DAY, -2, GETDATE())
SET #end_date = DATEADD(DAY, -1, GETDATE())
For an automated query this works good at figuring out the date portion. But the TIME portion of the variable is the current time that the query executes. Is there a quick simple way to hard code the time portion of both variables to be 8:00 PM?
DECLARE #start_date DATETIME
DECLARE #end_date DATETIME
SET #start_date = DATEADD(hour, 20, DATEDIFF(DAY, 2, GETDATE()))
SET #end_date = #start_date + 1
select #start_date, #end_date
This will also work:
DECLARE #start_date datetime
DECLARE #end_date datetime
SET #start_date = LEFT(CONVERT(nvarchar, DATEADD(DAY, -2, GETDATE()), 120), 11) + N'20:00:00'
SET #end_date = #start_date + 1
select #start_date, #end_date
Although cyberkiwi's answer is very clever! =)
I needed to pull a date from the database and append 3:00 Pm to it. I did it this way
select dateadd(hour, 15, datediff(day, 0, myDatabaseDate))
from dbo.myDatabaseTable
where myDatabaseId = 1
The result that it returned was 2017-10-01 15:00:00.000. The date in the database is 2017-10-01. The solution that I proposed was to keep my current date. I added 0 days to my existing date. I gave it 15:00 hours and it worked like a charm.
In case of just updating a particular part of the datetime you can use SMALLDATETIMEFROMPARTS like:
UPDATE MyTable
SET MyDate = SMALLDATETIMEFROMPARTS(YEAR(MyDate), MONTH(MyDate), DAY(MyDate), <HoursValue>, <MinutesValue>)
In other cases it may be required to copy parts of datetime to other or update only certain parts of the datetime:
UPDATE MyTable
SET MyDate = SMALLDATETIMEFROMPARTS(YEAR(MyDate), MONTH(MyDate), DAY(MyDate), DATEPART(hour, MyDate), DATEPART(minute, MyDate))
Refer SQL Server Date/Time related API references for more such functions
DECLARE #start_date DATETIME = DATEADD(HOUR, 20, DATEADD(MINUTE, 00, CONVERT(DATETIME, CONVERT(DATE, GETDATE())))) - 2
DECLARE #end_date DATETIME = DATEADD(HOUR, 20, DATEADD(MINUTE, 00, CONVERT(DATETIME, CONVERT(DATE, GETDATE())))) - 1
Notes:
GETDATE() + X is the equivalent of DATEADD(DAY, X, GETDATE()).
Converting a DATEIME to a DATE and then back to a DATETIME again sets the time to midnight i.e. 00:00:00.000.
Seperate SET and DECLARE statements are unnecessary, but just in case it helps later, variables may be set as part of a SELECT statement too.
I had to do something similar, create a procedure to run from a certain time the previous day to a certain time on the current day.
This is what I did to set the start date to 16:30 on the previous day, basically subtract the parts you don't want to get them back to 0 then add the value that you want it to be.
-- Set Start Date to previous day and set start time to 16:30.00.000
SET #StartDate = GetDate()
SET #StartDate = DateAdd(dd,- 1, #StartDate)
SET #StartDate = DateAdd(hh,- (DatePart(hh,#StartDate))+16, #StartDate)
SET #StartDate = DateAdd(mi,- (DatePart(mi,#StartDate))+30, #StartDate)
SET #StartDate = DateAdd(ss,- (DatePart(ss,#StartDate)), #StartDate)
SET #StartDate = DateAdd(ms,- (DatePart(ms,#StartDate)), #StartDate)
Hope this helps someone.

Compare current date with stored datetime using month an year only

Using SQL Server 2005 I have a field that contains a datetime value.
What I am trying to do is create 2 queries:
Compare to see if stored datetime is of the same month+year as current date
Compare to see if stored datetime is of the same year as current date
There is probably a simple solution but I keep hitting brick walls using various samples I can find, any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
Compare the parts of the date:
WHERE YEAR( columnName ) = YEAR( getDate() )
While the other answers will work, they all suffer from the same problem: they apply a transformation to the column and therefore will never utilize an index on that column.
To search the date without a transformation, you need a couple built-in functions and some math. Example below:
--create a table to hold our example values
create table #DateSearch
(
TheDate datetime not null
)
insert into #DateSearch (TheDate)
--today
select getdate()
union all
--a month in advance
select dateadd(month, 1, getdate())
union all
--a year in advance
select dateadd(year, 1, getdate())
go
--declare variables to make things a little easier to see
declare #StartDate datetime, #EndDate datetime
--search for "same month+year as current date"
select #StartDate = dateadd(month, datediff(month, 0, getdate()), 0), #EndDate = dateadd(month, datediff(month, 0, getdate()) + 1, 0)
select #StartDate [StartDate], #EndDate [EndDate], TheDate from #DateSearch
where TheDate >= #StartDate and TheDate < #EndDate
--search for "same year as current date"
select #StartDate = dateadd(year, datediff(year, 0, getdate()), 0), #EndDate = dateadd(year, datediff(year, 0, getdate()) + 1, 0)
select #StartDate [StartDate], #EndDate [EndDate], TheDate from #DateSearch
where TheDate >= #StartDate and TheDate < #EndDate
What the statement does to avoid the transformations, is find all values greater-than or equal-to the beginning of the current time period (month or year) AND all values less-than the beginning of the next (invalid) time period. This solves our index problem and also mitigates any issues related to 3ms rounding in the DATETIME type.
SELECT * FROM atable
WHERE
YEAR( adate ) = YEAR( GETDATE() )
AND
MONTH( adate ) = MONTH( GETDATE() )
It sounds to me like DATEDIFF is exactly what you need:
-- #1 same month and year
SELECT *
FROM your_table
WHERE DATEDIFF(month, your_column, GETDATE()) = 0
-- #2 same year
SELECT *
FROM your_table
WHERE DATEDIFF(year, your_column, GETDATE()) = 0
The datepart function lets you pull the bits you need:
declare #d1 as datetime
declare #d2 as datetime
if datepart(yy, #d1) = datepart(yy, #d2) and datepart(mm, #d1) = datepart(mm, #d2) begin
print 'same'
end
You can use something like this
a)
select *
from table
where MONTH(field) = MONTH(GetDATE())
and YEAR(field) = YEAR(GetDATE())
b)
select *
from table
where YEAR(field) = YEAR(GetDATE())