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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.
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If you need to select rows from a MySQL database' table in a date range, you need to use a command like this: SELECT * FROM table WHERE date_column >= '2014-01-01' AND date_column <= '2015-01-01';
In MySQL, use the DATE() function to retrieve the date from a datetime or timestamp value. This function takes only one argument – either an expression which returns a date/datetime/ timestamp value or the name of a timestamp/datetime column. (In our example, we use a column of the timestamp data type.)
The default way to store a date in a MySQL database is by using DATE. The proper format of a DATE is: YYYY-MM-DD. If you try to enter a date in a format other than the Year-Month-Day format, it might work but it won't be storing the dates as you expect.
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
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