Get the Last date of the month for the given month and year
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_Last_Date_Of_Month] @M int, @Y int AS DECLARE @I int DECLARE @dt varchar(10) SET @I = 0 Set @dt = CONVERT(char(2), @M) + '/' +'01/' + CONVERT(char(4), @Y) Select @I = @I + 1 WHILE MONTH(DateAdd(day,@I,@dt)) = @M BEGIN Select @I = @I + 1 END Select Day( DATEADD(day,@I-1, @dt)) GO
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