Re: Last Fri. of the Month ?

here it is..
SELECT NEXT_DAY(SYSDATE+(LAST_DAY(SYSDATE)-SYSDATE-7),'FRIDAY') FROM DUAL; saurabh
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>
> >
> >
> > Given Any Date , How to Deduce the Date for the Last Fri. of the SAME
Month
> > ?
> >
>
> how about
> next_day(last_day(date) - 7, 'Friday')
> where date is the given date?
>
> for example to find the last Friday of the month
> select next_day(last_day(sysdate) - 7, 'Friday')
> from dual;
>
>
> Pat
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