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)