sql server - how to query specific time - T SQL

This will give you the basic structure of the query:

select * from your_table
where column_name between convert(datetime, '2012-11-01 01:00:00', 120) and convert(datetime, '2012-11-01 02:00:00', 120)

Just so you understand, a TimeStamp field is not the same as a Date/Time field.  According to Microsoft:

"It is used as a mechanism for version-stamping table rows. The storage size is 8 bytes. The timestamp data type is just an incrementing number and does not preserve a date or a time. To record a date or time, use a datetime data type."

It's not a timestamp field... sorry for the confusion
Just a DATETIME

Most important are:
1) not to perform any function on the column itself
2) not to count the same row more than once


I strongly recommend the style below for ALL date/datetime checks:

--query for 1AM rows only
WHERE
    datetime_column >= '20121101 01:00:00' AND
    datetime_column <  '20121101 02:00:00'


Leaving out the dashes prevents any conversion errors ('YYYYMMDD' is always interpreted correctly) and/or misunderstandings about what the date value represents.

Using >= and < rather than between avoids counting rows on the exact hour twice.

But I have many dates!



What about this...
First

SUBSTRING( CONVERT(nvarchar(30), TIMESTAMP, 120),15,5) AS DT

then

select ....   WHERE DT = '00:00'