Question

If the user provides a date in the format via aform ($date_booked):

2012-1-6

to be compared against a date (date_booked):

2012-01-06

What would be the correct SQL method to check it be (using phpMyAdmin):

SELECT * FROM room WHERE date_booked LIKE $date_booked

Or would MySQL not return anything?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Assuming you are using TSQL and user entered a correct date

SELECT * FROM room WHERE date_booked = CONVERT(date, @UserEnteredDate)

As you have updated your question to MySQL

Here is a good example on how to compare date MySQL – Change date string to date type in place?