Gruppér efter et interval på X dage

Her er et eksempel med datoer.

create table t1(created date not null);

insert 
  into t1(created) values (date '2011-01-09')
                         ,(date '2011-01-10')
                         ,(date '2011-01-11')
                         ,(date '2011-01-12')
                         ,(date '2011-01-13')
                         ,(date '2011-01-14')
                         ,(date '2011-01-15')
                         ,(date '2011-01-16')
                         ,(date '2011-01-17')
                         ,(date '2011-01-18')
                         ,(date '2011-01-19')
                         ,(date '2011-01-20');

select floor(datediff(now(), created) / 3) * 3 as days_ago
      ,min(created)
      ,max(created)
      ,count(*)
  from t1
 group 
    by floor(datediff(now(), created) / 3);

+----------+--------------+--------------+----------+
| days_ago | min(created) | max(created) | count(*) |
+----------+--------------+--------------+----------+
|        0 | 2011-01-18   | 2011-01-20   |        3 |
|        3 | 2011-01-15   | 2011-01-17   |        3 |
|        6 | 2011-01-12   | 2011-01-14   |        3 |
|        9 | 2011-01-09   | 2011-01-11   |        3 |
+----------+--------------+--------------+----------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)