Question

I have a pretty complex database with loads of different tables for different things, every thing of which has a timestamp (Y-M-D h:m:s format)

Is there a way I can limit my SQL query to just results from a certain timespan, for example a week ago?

If needbe I have a function to convert these timestamps into unix as

sqlToUnix($date); //returns $unixTime 

so for example

mysql_query(SELECT id FROM entries WHERE entries.date >= $formattedDateString); 

Thanks!

Just a reminder the database dates are of the format: 2009-02-15 08:47:45

Answer 1

That’s totally possible with the BETWEEN-statement (Since MySQL 4.0):

mysql_query('SELECT id FROM entries WHERE entries.date BETWEEN 'Y-M-D h:m:s' AND 'Y-M-D h:m:s''); 

Also, to calculate the timestamp one week before the current date have a look at the MySQL Online Documentation.