SQL help - I need the last day for the last month in YYYYMMDD format

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SQL help - I need the last day for the last month in YYYYMMDD format

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April 27, 2016 at 9:05 am

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Anyone please ?

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 734449 More actions · Answer 1

Like this: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/briankmcdonald/2010/11/05/sqlbigeek_1920_s-function-friday-_1320_-return-last-date-of-the-prior-month/

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183698 More actions · Answer 2

Shorter version without the need of scalar functions.

DECLARE @Date SMALLDATETIME = GETDATE();

SELECT CONVERT( char(8), DATEADD(MM, DATEDIFF(MM, 0, @Date), -1), 112);

More formulas: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/lynnpettis/2009/03/25/some-common-date-routines/

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