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LastDayPreviousMonth / FirstDayCurrentMonth
2007-10-02 (first published: 2002-06-20)
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LastDayPreviousMonth / FirstDayCurrentMonth
SELECT DATEADD(dd, CAST(DATEDIFF(DAY,'17530101',CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) AS int)
- DAY(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP), '17530101')
as LastDayPreviousMonth
SELECT DATEADD(dd, CAST(DATEDIFF(DAY,'17530101',CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) AS int)
- DAY(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) + 1, '17530101')
as FirstDayCurrentMonth Related content
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