MySQL - Finding time overlaps

Question

I have 2 tables in the database with the following attributes:

Booking
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booking_id
booking_start
booking_end

resource_booked
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booking_         


        

Answer 1

Wow! I would have never thought of that.. I didn't expect such detailed assistance either, thanks a bunch for all the effort you've put into it! I'm trying to understand and learn from your query :>

The bookings table has another attribute called creation_date which shows when the booking was made and I was hoping to only show the booking (with overlap in time or clashes) that was made later. So it'd be:

Booking 1 
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creation_date - 2000-01-01 13:00:00
booking_start - 2000-02-24 12:00:00
booking_end   - 2000-02-24 14:00:00

Booking 2 
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creation_date - 2000-01-02 15:00:00
booking_start - 2000-02-24 13:00:00
booking_end   - 2000-02-24 15:00:00

There is a time overlap between booking 1 and 2 and since booking 2 was made a day later than booking 1, only booking 2 would be shown.