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    Any function for the first day of the month?

    LAST_DAY returns the date of the last day of the month. Any function for the first day of the month? Thanks!

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    trunc(my_date,'MM')

    Have a browse of the SQL Reference manual.
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    what is last day + 1??? LOL

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    Code:
    SQL> select sysdate from dual;
    
    SYSDATE
    =========
    02-MAY-03
    
    1 row selected.
    
    SQL> select last_day(sysdate)+1 from dual;
    
    LAST_DAY(
    =========
    01-JUN-03
    
    1 row selected.
    
    SQL> select last_day(trunc(sysdate,'MM')-1)+1 from dual;
    
    LAST_DAY(
    =========
    01-MAY-03
    
    1 row selected.
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    Thank you.

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