Need to get records from MySQL database by date only from a datetime field

Question

This seems rather simple but it has been giving me a headache. I have a column in my events table that is called \'date_time\' and it\'s type is datetime.

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Answer 1

BETWEEN isn't safe if timestamps include fractional seconds. This is always safe:

SELECT *
FROM table
WHERE date_time >= '2009-03-26 00:00:00' AND date_time < '2009-03-27 00:00:00'