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January 2024 Orders
An ops review needs every order placed in January 2024 — just one month's worth of detail for the kickoff retrospective.
Show order_id, product, total, order_date. Filter to orders where the year is '2024' AND the month is '01'. Order by order_date, then order_id.
Filtering by date parts is the bread-and-butter of every weekly/monthly report. strftime('%Y', order_date) = '2024' returns a string, so compare it to a string literal. Same for '%m' and '01' (keep the leading zero — strftime emits it).
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Schema
orders
| order_id | customer_id | product | category | quantity | price | total | order_date | country | status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Laptop Pro | Electronics | 1 | 1299.99 | 1299.99 | 2024-01-15 | USA | completed |
| 2 | 2 | Wireless Mouse | Electronics | 2 | 49.99 | 99.98 | 2024-01-16 | Canada | completed |
| 3 | 3 | Office Chair | Furniture | 1 | 349.99 | 349.99 | 2024-01-17 | USA | completed |
Expected output: Only the two January orders appear
Hint
Concepts
SELECT WHERE Date Functions strftime
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