mysql> EXPLAIN PARTITIONS select count(*) from history where clock<1438876800;
+----+-------------+---------+------------+-------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+------+--------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+---------+------------+-------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+------+--------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | history | p20150806 | index | NULL | history_1 | 12 | NULL | 5250 | Using where; Using index |
+----+-------------+---------+------------+-------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+------+--------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> EXPLAIN PARTITIONS select count(*) from history where clock<143899999;
+----+-------------+---------+------------+-------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+------+--------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+---------+------------+-------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+------+--------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | history | p20150806 | index | NULL | history_1 | 12 | NULL | 5250 | Using where; Using index |
+----+-------------+---------+------------+-------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+------+--------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> EXPLAIN PARTITIONS select count(*) from history where clock<1439049600;
+----+-------------+---------+-------------------------------+-------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+-------+--------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+---------+-------------------------------+-------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+-------+--------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | history | p20150806,p20150807,p20150808 | index | NULL | history_1 | 12 | NULL | 71310 | Using where; Using index |
+----+-------------+---------+-------------------------------+-------+---------------+-----------+---------+------+-------+--------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)