[Solved] How to check a date in sql server

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Hi All,

I have a table having fields as startdate as datetime and endate as datetime and has records . Now my problem is that I have to check that an input date lies between startdate and endate. and that is equal to startdate or endate.

data is like

Employee name , startdate , endate

MSIL

rehan ahmad 2011-02-02 00:00:00.000 2011-02-03 00:00:00.000
Mohd Wasif  2011-01-28 00:00:00.000 2011-01-28 00:00:00.000
Mohd Wasif  2011-03-09 00:00:00.000 2011-03-09 00:00:00.000
Mohd Wasif  2011-05-02 00:00:00.000 2011-05-02 00:00:00.000
rehan ahmad 2011-02-23 00:00:00.000 2011-02-26 00:00:00.000
rehan ahmad 2011-03-04 00:00:00.000 2011-03-05 00:00:00.000
rehan ahmad 2011-03-07 00:00:00.000 2011-03-08 00:00:00.000
Mohd Wasif  2011-03-07 00:00:00.000 2011-03-08 00:00:00.000
Mohd Wasif  2011-03-04 00:00:00.000 2011-03-04 00:00:00.000
Mohd Wasif  2011-02-04 00:00:00.000 2011-02-04 00:00:00.000

Please let me know how to fetch data.

thanks in advance
muhammad Wasif

UPDATE:
OP posted a comment that it was solved.

Posted 1-Feb-11 19:58pm

Mohd Wasif

Updated 1-Feb-11 22:29pm

Sandeep Mewara

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Mohd Wasif 2-Feb-11 2:08am

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Om Prakash Pant · Answer 1 · 2011-02-01T20:06:00

Solution 1

SQL

select * from your_table where '01/13/2011' between startdate and enddate

OR

select * from your_table where '01/13/2011' between CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), startdate, 101) AND CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), enddate, 101)

Posted 1-Feb-11 20:06pm

Om Prakash Pant

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Mohd Wasif 2-Feb-11 2:08am

Thanks

Abhinav S · Answer 2 · 2011-02-01T20:07:00

Solution 2

This should do it -

select * from mytable where startdate <= @myDate and enddate >= @mydate

Posted 1-Feb-11 20:07pm

Abhinav S

Updated 1-Feb-11 20:08pm

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