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arkiboys
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Posted - 12/27/2012 :  05:51:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi,
for a given date i.e. 31 Dec 2012, how can I get the last friday of this date which is: 28 Dec 2012


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sunitabeck
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Posted - 12/27/2012 :  06:30:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote 
DECLARE @dt DATETIME = '20121231'
SELECT DATEADD(dd,-DATEDIFF(dd,-3,@dt)%7,@dt)
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arkiboys
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Posted - 12/27/2012 :  07:07:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Many thanks
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bandi
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Posted - 12/27/2012 :  07:12:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
--Alternate is
DECLARE @date DATETIME = '20121201' -- Thursday
SELECT DATEADD(DAY,-(DATEDIFF(DAY,'19000105',@date)%7),@date)


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Chandu
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