Not sure if you want this from sql or unix but there is the last_day function
eg select last_day(sysdate) from dual to get the last date or select to_char(last_day(sysdate),'dd') from dual to get the day portion only. -----Original Message----- Sent: 29 October 2001 15:55 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Try this: select trunc(add_months(sysdate,1),'MM')-1 from dual; Jared On Monday 29 October 2001 00:00, Sinard Xing wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any function that can display out "last day of the month" for > example > lastday(Oct,2001) return me 31 > Or a variable that store this value. > > Is Date an object in unix ? > > > > > Sinardy -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Nicoll, Iain (Calanais) INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
