How to calculate the number of “Tuesdays” between two dates in TSQL?

Question

I\'m trying to figure out how to calculate the number of \"Tuesdays\" between two dates in TSQL?

\"Tuesday\"could be any value.

Answer 1

@t-clausen.dk & Andriy M as response to t-clausen.dks response and comments

The query uses the fact that 1900-01-01 was a monday. And 1900-01-01 is the date 0.

select dateadd(day,0,0)

The second parameter into the datediff-function is the startdate.

So you are comparing '1899-12-26' with your @to-date and '1899-12-26' is a tuesday

select datename(dw,dateadd(day, 0, -6)), datename(dw, '1899-12-26')

Same thing about the second date that uses the same fact.

As a matter of fact you can compare with any known tuesday and corresponding wednesday (that isnt in the date interval you are investigating).

declare @from datetime= '2011-09-19' 
declare @to datetime  = '2011-10-15' 

select  datediff(day, '2011-09-13', @to)/7-datediff(day, '2011-09-14', @from)/7 as [works]
        ,datediff(day, '2011-10-18', @to)/7-datediff(day, '2011-10-19', @from)/7 as [works too]
        ,datediff(day, '2011-09-27', @to)/7-datediff(day, '2011-09-28', @from)/7 as [dont work]

Basically the algorithm is "All Tuesdays minus all Wednesdays".