Question

If I have 2 date columns in a table, startDate and endDate. How do I return rows where a given date fits between those 2 dates? For example:

If the given date is 2012-10-25

It should return the following rows

startDate   -   endDate
2012-10-25  -   2012-10-25
2011-09-10  -   2013-11-15
2012-10-20  -   2012-10-25
2012-10-23  -   2012-10-28
2012-09-14  -   2012-10-28

from the following rows:

startDate   -   endDate
2012-10-25  -   2012-10-25
2011-09-10  -   2013-11-15
2012-01-11  -   2012-10-11
2012-10-20  -   2012-10-25
2012-04-15  -   2012-04-16
2012-05-20  -   2012-05-25
2012-12-01  -   2012-12-10
2012-10-23  -   2012-10-28
2012-09-14  -   2012-10-28
2012-11-13  -   2012-12-15

Is this possible with sql?

I am using sql server 2008.

Answer 1

With SQL Server it’s actually as simple as:

SELECT startDate, endDate
FROM YourTable
WHERE '2012-10-25' between startDate and endDate