To get the records of the last days from the current date, you need to use DATE_SUB(). We will also use NOW() to get the current date. The syntax for the same is as follows
SELECT *FROM yourTableName WHERE yourDateTimeColumnName BETWEEN DATE_SUB(DATE(NOW()), INTERVAL 2 DAY) AND DATE_SUB(DATE(NOW()), INTERVAL 1 DAY);
Let us see an example
mysql> create table get2daysAgoDemo - > ( - > Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, - > Name varchar(20), - > PostDateTime datetime - > ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.70 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command.
The query is as follows
mysql> insert into get2daysAgoDemo(Name,PostDateTime) values('Larry',now()); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.68 sec) mysql> insert into get2daysAgoDemo(Name,PostDateTime) values('Mike','2019-02-13'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into get2daysAgoDemo(Name,PostDateTime) values('Sam','2019-01-31'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into get2daysAgoDemo(Name,PostDateTime) values('Bob','2019-02-14'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.29 sec) mysql> insert into get2daysAgoDemo(Name,PostDateTime) values('David','2019-02-12'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec) mysql> insert into get2daysAgoDemo(Name,PostDateTime) values('Carol','2019-02-11'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.22 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement.
The query is as follows
mysql> select *from get2daysAgoDemo;
The following is the output
+----+-------+---------------------+ | Id | Name | PostDateTime | +----+-------+---------------------+ | 1 | Larry | 2019-02-15 21:47:10 | | 2 | Mike | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 | | 3 | Sam | 2019-01-31 00:00:00 | | 4 | Bob | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 | | 5 | David | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 | | 6 | Carol | 2019-02-11 00:00:00 | +----+-------+---------------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Here is the query to get the records of the last two days. Let’s say the current date is 2019-02-15
mysql> select *from get2daysAgoDemo - > where PostDateTime between DATE_SUB(DATE(NOW()), INTERVAL 2 DAY) - > AND DATE_SUB(DATE(NOW()), INTERVAL 1 DAY);
The following is the output displaying the records from the last 2 days i.e. 13th and 14th February sine our current date is 15th February
+----+------+---------------------+ | Id | Name | PostDateTime | +----+------+---------------------+ | 2 | Mike | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 | | 4 | Bob | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 | +----+------+---------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.01 sec)