I'm currently learning SQL for work and trying to filter orders based on a specific date range. I have a query that runs fine, but I'm getting more rows than I expected. I've tried adjusting the `WHERE` condition, searched for how to use 'BETWEEN' for dates, and even removed joins one by one to troubleshoot. Here's my simplified query:
SELECT *
FROM orders
WHERE created_at >= '2024-01-01'
AND created_at <= '2024-01-31';
I anticipated only getting rows for January, but I'm still seeing some February rows show up occasionally. Could this be related to how timestamps work?
4 Answers
You might want to check the time portion of your timestamps. When you say `= '2024-01-01'
AND created_at < '2024-02-01';
This way, you catch everything up to the last second of January, which should filter out those extra rows.
Is your `created_at` column being stored as a string? If that’s the case, it might not be comparing the dates correctly and could be returning unexpected rows.
I've faced a similar issue before! When date columns include time parts, they can get really tricky. I used a 'start inclusive, next month exclusive' strategy, and it worked like a charm for me.
If you're seeing a few extra rows at the end of December or the beginning of February, it could be due to timezone differences between the dates in the table and those in your query.
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