title: SQL: How To Select Earliest Date
body: <p>I have a date column &amp; I am simply trying to know the earliest date. I use the command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>select Min(Install_date) From PocketGemsSchema.pocketgemstable2;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This returns 1-Dec-17</p>
  
  <p>But the minimum date from my sample data is actually 1-Nov-17.</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone help please?</p>