Question

This must be simple but I fiddled with it, and didn’t get anything I wanted. I have the following code:

SELECT id,title,start_date 
  FROM events 
 WHERE start_date > DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 1 MONTH) 
  AND city = '$cityName' 
ORDER BY start_date DESC

Now this selects events with dates in this month, but the definition of this month shown in query is different than what I need. I need it to show me events within 30 days and not only this month i.e. august. If I insert an event in august it shows the outcome. If I do insert september, it doesn’t even though it is less than 30 days away.

Answer 1

You should change 1 MONTH to 30 DAY:

WHERE start_date > NOW() - INTERVAL 30 DAY

To limit it to 30 days in either direction:

WHERE start_date > NOW() - INTERVAL 30 DAY
AND start_date < NOW() + INTERVAL 30 DAY