mysql> explain select * from ClientActionTrack where startTime>'2016-08-25 00:00:00' and startTime<'2016-08-25 23:59:00';
+----+-------------+-------------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+-------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | ClientActionTrack | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 33868 | Using where |
+----+-------------+-------------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+-------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> explain extended select * from ClientActionTrack where startTime>'2016-08-25 00:00:00' and startTime<'2016-08-25 23:59:00';
+----+-------------+-------------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+----------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+----------+-------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | ClientActionTrack | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 33868 | 100.00 | Using where |
+----+-------------+-------------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+----------+-------------+
1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec) mysql> explain partitions select * from ClientActionTrack where startTime>'2016-08-25 00:00:00' and startTime<'2016-08-25 23:59:00';
+----+-------------+-------------------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------------------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+-------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | ClientActionTrack | p20160825 | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 33868 | Using where |
+----+-------------+-------------------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+-------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> explain partitions SELECT * from ClientActionTrack PARTITION (p20160825);
+----+-------------+-------------------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+-------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------------------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+-------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | ClientActionTrack | p20160825 | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 33868 | NULL |
+----+-------------+-------------------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)