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qutesanju
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Posted - 2010-07-01 : 03:46:01

i have to find some back dates
e.g if given date 2010-07-01
how can i find date 2009-01-01(this should be year-2 and it's start Jan 01)

e.g from select dateadd(year,-2,getdate()) -->output is 2008-07-01 02:40:08.123

but i wish to find 2009-01-01

madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2010-07-01 : 04:50:07

select dateadd(year,datediff(year,0,'20100701')-1,0)

Madhivanan

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