Getting results between two dates in PostgreSQL

Question

I have the following table:

+-----------+-----------+------------+----------+
| id        | user_id   | start_date | end_date |
| (integer) | (integer) | (da         


        

Answer 1

 SELECT *
   FROM mytable
  WHERE (start_date, end_date) OVERLAPS ('2012-01-01'::DATE, '2012-04-12'::DATE);

Datetime functions is the relevant section in the docs.

Answer 2

To have a query working in any locale settings, consider formatting the date yourself:

SELECT * 
  FROM testbed 
 WHERE start_date >= to_date('2012-01-01','YYYY-MM-DD')
   AND end_date <= to_date('2012-04-13','YYYY-MM-DD');