Have you ever missed records while filtering dates in SQL?

Imagine your manager asks you to prepare a report showing all orders placed on 7 November 2026.

Your "orders" table contains both dates and timestamps, such as "2026-11-07 14:30:00".

You decide to use BETWEEN to filter the records.

But will your query return all orders placed on that day?

Let's look at the data.

orders

Your Challenge

Write an SQL query to:

1. Retrieve all orders placed on 7 November 2026.
2. Include orders placed at any time during that day.
3. Exclude orders placed on 8 November 2026.
4. Use a date range condition to filter the records.

Think before you scroll!

The SQL Solution

SELECT
order_id,
order_date,
amount
FROM orders
WHERE order_date >= '2026-11-07'
AND order_date < '2026-11-08';

Expected Output

Why is this useful?

Date filtering is common in real-world SQL projects.

You can use this approach to find:

• Daily sales transactions
• Customer registrations
• Employee attendance records
• Orders placed during a specific date
• Daily revenue for business reports

One Important Thing to Remember

BETWEEN includes both boundary values.

When you write:

WHERE order_date BETWEEN '2026-11-07'
AND '2026-11-07'

Many SQL databases interpret the ending date as midnight at the start of that day when comparing against a timestamp.

As a result, orders placed later that day may be missed.

Using ">= start_date AND < next_date" is a reliable approach for timestamp-based date filtering.

Your Turn: Can you solve the same problem using BETWEEN without missing any orders?

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