Re: [GENERAL] How can I get first day date of the previous month?

2014-06-21 Thread Michael Paquier
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[GENERAL] How can I get first day date of the previous month ?

2014-06-20 Thread Arup Rakshit
How can I get first day date of the previous month. Last day of previous month can be found using the answer - http://stackoverflow.com/a/8945281/2767755   Regards, Arup Rakshit

Re: [GENERAL] How can I get first day date of the previous month ?

2014-06-20 Thread Michael Paquier
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Arup Rakshit arupraks...@rocketmail.com wrote: How can I get first day date of the previous month. Last day of previous month can be found using the answer - http://stackoverflow.com/a/8945281/2767755 Here is how to get the first day date of the previous month:

Re: [GENERAL] How can I get first day date of the previous month ?

2014-06-20 Thread Arup Rakshit
Thanks for your answer. How to get the first day date of last 6 months from now then will be : yelloday_development=# select date_trunc('month', now()) - interval '5 month' as first_month;         first_month         ---  2014-01-01 00:00:00+05:30 (1 row) Is it correct

Re: [GENERAL] How can I get first day date of the previous month ?

2014-06-20 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 20 June 2014 09:11, Arup Rakshit arupraks...@rocketmail.com wrote: Thanks for your answer. How to get the first day date of last 6 months from now then will be : yelloday_development=# select date_trunc('month', now()) - interval '5 month' as first_month; first_month

Re: [GENERAL] How can I get first day date of the previous month ?

2014-06-20 Thread Steve Crawford
On 06/20/2014 12:11 AM, Arup Rakshit wrote: Thanks for your answer. How to get the first day date of last 6 months from now then will be : yelloday_development=# select date_trunc('month', now()) - interval '5 month' as first_month; first_month --- 2014-01-01

Re: [GENERAL] How can I get first day date of the previous month ?

2014-06-20 Thread Gavin Flower
On 21/06/14 03:12, Steve Crawford wrote: On 06/20/2014 12:11 AM, Arup Rakshit wrote: Thanks for your answer. How to get the first day date of last 6 months from now then will be : yelloday_development=# select date_trunc('month', now()) - interval '5 month' as first_month; first_month

Re: [GENERAL] How can I get first day date of the previous month?

2014-06-20 Thread Arup Rakshit
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