DECLARE @StartDate DATE = '20110901'
  , @EndDate DATE = '20111001'

SELECT  DATEADD(DAY, nbr - 1, @StartDate)
FROM    ( SELECT    ROW_NUMBER() OVER ( ORDER BY c.object_id ) AS Nbr
          FROM      sys.columns c
        ) nbrs
WHERE   nbr - 1 <= DATEDIFF(DAY, @StartDate, @EndDate)

WITH Dates AS (
        SELECT
         [Date] = CONVERT(DATETIME,'09/01/2011')
        UNION ALL SELECT
         [Date] = DATEADD(DAY, 1, [Date])
        FROM
         Dates
        WHERE
         Date < '10/10/2011'
) SELECT
 [Date]
FROM
 Dates
 OPTION (MAXRECURSION 45)

DECLARE @dates TABLE(dt datetime)
DECLARE @dateFrom datetime
DECLARE @dateTo datetime

SET @dateFrom = '2001/01/01'
SET @dateTo = '2001/01/12'

WHILE(@dateFrom < @dateTo)
BEGIN
   SELECT @dateFrom = DATEADD(day, 1,@dateFrom)
   INSERT INTO @dates
   SELECT @dateFrom
END

SELECT * FROM @dates

--Generate a range of dates with interval option, courtesy of Abe Miessler for the core query here!
ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[DateRange]
(@startDate AS DATE,
 @EndDate AS   DATE,
 @interval AS  INT
)
RETURNS @Dates TABLE(dateValue DATE)
AS
     BEGIN
         WITH Dates
              AS (
              SELECT [Date] = CONVERT( DATETIME, @startDate)
              UNION ALL
              SELECT [Date] = DATEADD(DAY, ISNULL(@interval, 1), [Date])
              FROM Dates
              WHERE Date < @EndDate)
              INSERT INTO @Dates
                     SELECT [Date]
                     FROM Dates
                     OPTION(MAXRECURSION 900);
         RETURN;
     END;

Declare @StartDate datetime = '2015-01-01'
Declare @EndDate datetime = '2016-12-01'
declare @DaysInMonth int
declare @tempDateRange Table
(
DateFrom datetime,
DateThru datetime
);

While @StartDate<=@EndDate
begin
    SET @DaysInMonth=DAY(DATEADD(DD,-1,DATEADD(MM,DATEDIFF(MM,-1,@StartDate),0)))

    IF DAY(@StartDate)=1
        SET @EndDate=DATEADD(DAY,14,@StartDate)
    ELSE IF DAY(@StartDate)=16 AND @DaysInMonth=30
        SET @EndDate=DATEADD(DAY,14,@StartDate)
    ELSE IF DAY(@StartDate)=16 AND @DaysInMonth=31
        SET @EndDate=DATEADD(DAY,15,@StartDate)
    ELSE IF DAY(@StartDate)=16 AND @DaysInMonth=28
        SET @EndDate=DATEADD(DAY,12,@StartDate)
    ELSE IF DAY(@StartDate)=16 AND @DaysInMonth=29
        SET @EndDate=DATEADD(DAY,13,@StartDate)

    INSERT INTO @tempDateRange (DateFrom,DateThru)
    VALUES
     (
        @StartDate,
        @EndDate
     )

    SET @StartDate=DATEADD(DAY,1,@EndDate)

    IF @EndDate< '2016-12-31'
     IF DAY(@StartDate)=1
        SET @EndDate=DATEADD(DAY,14,@StartDate)
     ELSE IF DAY(@StartDate)=16 AND @DaysInMonth=30
        SET @EndDate=DATEADD(DAY,14,@StartDate)
     ELSE IF DAY(@StartDate)=16 AND @DaysInMonth=31
        SET @EndDate=DATEADD(DAY,15,@StartDate)
     ELSE IF DAY(@StartDate)=16 AND @DaysInMonth=28
        SET @EndDate=DATEADD(DAY,12,@StartDate)
     ELSE IF DAY(@StartDate)=16 AND @DaysInMonth=29
        SET @EndDate=DATEADD(DAY,13,@StartDate)
end ;

select * from @tempDateRange

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Result:
DateFrom |DateThru

select
  dateadd(day, nbr - 1, convert(date, '2017-01-01')) as d
from (
  select row_number() over (order by c.object_id) as nbr from sys.columns c
) nbrs
where
  nbr - 1 <= datediff(
    day,
    convert(date, '2017-01-01'),
    convert(date, '2018-12-31')
  )

view: date_series {
  derived_table: {
    sql:
      select
        dateadd(day, nbr - 1, convert(date, '2017-01-01')) as d
      from (
        select row_number() over (order by c.object_id) as nbr from sys.columns c
      ) nbrs
      where
        nbr - 1 <= datediff(day, convert(date, '2017-01-01'), convert(date, '2018-12-31')) ;;
  }

  dimension: date {
    primary_key: yes
    type: date
    sql: ${TABLE}.d ;;
  }
}