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SQL 5 Day Date Query on a specific date every month

I have a table with the following example data:

object,value,timestamp
75721852,21620,2/1/15 3:02
75721852,22451,2/1/15 5:30
75721852,21621,2/2/15 3:07
75721852,22452,2/2/15 5:33
75721852,21621,2/3/15 3:07
75721852,22453,2/3/15 5:30
75721852,21622,2/4/15 3:04
75721852,22454,2/4/15 5:31
75721852,21623,2/5/15 3:00
75721852,22455,2/5/15 5:30
75721852,21623,2/6/15 3:00
75721852,22455,2/6/15 5:32
75721852,21624,2/7/15 3:04
75721852,22456,2/7/15 5:32
75721852,21624,2/8/15 3:04
75721852,22457,2/8/15 5:30
75721852,21625,2/9/15 3:09
75721852,22458,2/9/15 5:30

I need to query the timestamp field for a specific time of the month.  Any time I run it, I want it to query from the 8th of the current month back 5 days.
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Thanks!  Both of these work well.
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hmm, as its SQL 2012, Jim should have used DATEFROMPARTS() instead of a casting show :)
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Mercy.  My last exam I took was 2008, and we were on 2008 at my current client until just recently, so I'm displaying some lingering effects from that world.
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I think you need to double check the time of day if using GETDATE() and merely deducting/adding days

getdate() returns both date and time, if you deduct 3 days the time portion is unchanged

Please compare these 2 results: 
|   OBJECT | VALUE |                       TIMESTAMP |                        COLUMN_3 |                        COLUMN_4 |
|----------|-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 75721852 | 21622 | February, 04 2015 03:04:00+0000 | February, 03 2015 05:44:30+0000 | February, 08 2015 05:44:30+0000 |
| 75721852 | 22454 | February, 04 2015 05:31:00+0000 | February, 03 2015 05:44:30+0000 | February, 08 2015 05:44:30+0000 |
| 75721852 | 21623 | February, 05 2015 03:00:00+0000 | February, 03 2015 05:44:30+0000 | February, 08 2015 05:44:30+0000 |
| 75721852 | 22455 | February, 05 2015 05:30:00+0000 | February, 03 2015 05:44:30+0000 | February, 08 2015 05:44:30+0000 |
| 75721852 | 21623 | February, 06 2015 03:00:00+0000 | February, 03 2015 05:44:30+0000 | February, 08 2015 05:44:30+0000 |
| 75721852 | 22455 | February, 06 2015 05:32:00+0000 | February, 03 2015 05:44:30+0000 | February, 08 2015 05:44:30+0000 |
| 75721852 | 21624 | February, 07 2015 03:04:00+0000 | February, 03 2015 05:44:30+0000 | February, 08 2015 05:44:30+0000 |
| 75721852 | 22456 | February, 07 2015 05:32:00+0000 | February, 03 2015 05:44:30+0000 | February, 08 2015 05:44:30+0000 |
| 75721852 | 21624 | February, 08 2015 03:04:00+0000 | February, 03 2015 05:44:30+0000 | February, 08 2015 05:44:30+0000 |
| 75721852 | 22457 | February, 08 2015 05:30:00+0000 | February, 03 2015 05:44:30+0000 | February, 08 2015 05:44:30+0000 |

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|   OBJECT | VALUE |                       TIMESTAMP |   COLUMN_3 |   COLUMN_4 |
|----------|-------|---------------------------------|------------|------------|
| 75721852 | 21621 | February, 03 2015 03:07:00+0000 | 2015-02-03 | 2015-02-09 |
| 75721852 | 22453 | February, 03 2015 05:30:00+0000 | 2015-02-03 | 2015-02-09 |
| 75721852 | 21622 | February, 04 2015 03:04:00+0000 | 2015-02-03 | 2015-02-09 |
| 75721852 | 22454 | February, 04 2015 05:31:00+0000 | 2015-02-03 | 2015-02-09 |
| 75721852 | 21623 | February, 05 2015 03:00:00+0000 | 2015-02-03 | 2015-02-09 |
| 75721852 | 22455 | February, 05 2015 05:30:00+0000 | 2015-02-03 | 2015-02-09 |
| 75721852 | 21623 | February, 06 2015 03:00:00+0000 | 2015-02-03 | 2015-02-09 |
| 75721852 | 22455 | February, 06 2015 05:32:00+0000 | 2015-02-03 | 2015-02-09 |
| 75721852 | 21624 | February, 07 2015 03:04:00+0000 | 2015-02-03 | 2015-02-09 |
| 75721852 | 22456 | February, 07 2015 05:32:00+0000 | 2015-02-03 | 2015-02-09 |
| 75721852 | 21624 | February, 08 2015 03:04:00+0000 | 2015-02-03 | 2015-02-09 |
| 75721852 | 22457 | February, 08 2015 05:30:00+0000 | 2015-02-03 | 2015-02-09 |

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produced by these 2 queries (respectively) 
SELECT  *
        , DATEADD(DAY, -DAY(GETDATE()) + 3, GETDATE())
        , DATEADD(DAY, -DAY(GETDATE()) + 8, GETDATE())
FROM    Sample S
WHERE   S.[timestamp] BETWEEN DATEADD(DAY, -DAY(GETDATE()) + 3, GETDATE()) 
                          AND DATEADD(DAY, -DAY(GETDATE()) + 8, GETDATE())

order by timestamp
;

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SELECT  *
        , DATEADD(DAY, -DAY(GETDATE()) + 3, cast(GETDATE() as date))
        , DATEADD(DAY, -DAY(GETDATE()) + 9, cast(GETDATE() as date))
FROM    Sample S
WHERE   S.[timestamp] >= DATEADD(DAY, -DAY(GETDATE()) + 3, cast(GETDATE() as date)) 
    AND S.[timestamp] <  DATEADD(DAY, -DAY(GETDATE()) + 9, cast(GETDATE() as date))

order by timestamp
;

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I'm not sure if you were expecting the time of day (other than 00:00:00)

note also that I never use between for date ranges.
see: "Beware of Between"

ddl used 
create table Sample
    (
      [object] INT ,
      value INT ,
      [timestamp] DATETIME
    );
;

INSERT  INTO Sample
VALUES  ( 75721852, 21620, '2/1/15 3:02' ),
        ( 75721852, 22451, '2/1/15 5:30' ),
        ( 75721852, 21621, '2/2/15 3:07' ),
        ( 75721852, 22452, '2/2/15 5:33' ),
        ( 75721852, 21621, '2/3/15 3:07' ),
        ( 75721852, 22453, '2/3/15 5:30' ),
        ( 75721852, 21622, '2/4/15 3:04' ),
        ( 75721852, 22454, '2/4/15 5:31' ),
        ( 75721852, 21623, '2/5/15 3:00' ),
        ( 75721852, 22455, '2/5/15 5:30' ),
        ( 75721852, 21623, '2/6/15 3:00' ),
        ( 75721852, 22455, '2/6/15 5:32' ),
        ( 75721852, 21624, '2/7/15 3:04' ),
        ( 75721852, 22456, '2/7/15 5:32' ),
        ( 75721852, 21624, '2/8/15 3:04' ),
        ( 75721852, 22457, '2/8/15 5:30' ),
        ( 75721852, 21625, '2/9/15 3:09' ),
        ( 75721852, 22458, '2/9/15 5:30' ),
        ( 75721852, 22458, '5/2/15 5:30' )
;

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@Paul is right about the time portion. My fault.