How to query sql with active record for dates between specified times

Question

I have a database that I want to pull only certain rows that have dates in specified ranges. I\'m not sure how to do this properly in active record. Right now it looks like

Answer 1

You can specify you $where and use active records

$where = "DATE(order_datetime) BETWEEN '2012-10-01' AND '2012-10-3'";
$this->db->where($where)->get('table_name');