There is also a LAST_DAY() function that returns the last day of the month:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/date-and-time-functions.html
Peter Brawley wrote:
> > # of days since the first of the month from last month
> datediff(now(),date(concat(period_add(date_format(now(),'%Y%m'),-1),'01')))
>
> > the # of days since the end of last month (e.g. from 5/31/07)
> datediff(now(),date_sub(concat(date_format(now(),'%Y-%m-'),'01'),INTERVAL
> 1 DAY))
>
> PB
>
> -----
>
> Andrey Dmitriev wrote:
>> Can someone advise the best way to determine a) the # of days since
>> the first of the month from last month (e.g. from 5/1/07)
>> b) the # of days since the end of last month (e.g. from 5/31/07)
>>
>> Is there are a good way to determine the # of workdays in a month.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrey
>>
>>
>>
>
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