I am working on a database with date and time. I am trying to write a query to let the user select the start and end dates. However, the end date is not included in the query because the time is assumed to be 12 AM. How can I get the query to include the end date all the way to 11:59 PM?

I would guess that you are getting "only up to and not including" the end date because you are passing a date into a date/time. Sorry if this is teaching you to suck eggs...

A date with no time component is dd/mm/yy 00:00:00 (ie: midnight on the day before dd/mm/yy)
To get a check for < end date (which includes the end day) - you will need to check for < dd+1/mm/yy 00:00:00 (ie: midnight on the dd/mm/yy)

So just add 1 to your end date criteria to push you to the end of the end day rather than the beginning of the end day.

ie: Between [start date] and ([end date] + 1)

OR set your date formats to be the same, unlikely your users will want to search by date/time though, isnt it?

Hi,

When I tried Between [Enter Start Date] And ([Enter End Date]+1)
I got an error message saying that "The expression is typed incorrectly or is too complex to be evaluated." Is there another way to type in the expression that Access will accept?

I think what Leehambly is trying to say is that when you are prompted for your dates you would include the next date. e.g. 01/01/01 to 02/01/01 would show all records between 01/01/01 00:00:00 and 02/01/01 00:00:00. A 24 hour period from midnight to midnight. You do not try to adjust your expression to include the +1.

If you really want to force a day ahead then use this exression to add + 1 day to the 'Enter Date To' parameter

Between [Enter Date From:] And DateAdd("d",1,[Enter Date To:])

Now you can type 01/01 to 01/01 and it still returns the whole period.

Hope it Helps,

Jon

Hi again,

Between [Enter Date From:] And DateAdd("d",1,[Enter Date To:])

Seems to be working perfectly! Thanks for the info!!!

Doug