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first of the month

ntudev
8 - Asteroid

I need a formula to get me 1st of the month from the previous month. So get the date from column 1 (June 7) and in column 2 (May 1st)

 

Column 1              Column 2 ( should be)

2022-06-07         2022-05-01

 

Please help

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IraWatt
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hey @ntudev,

This formula does this:

DateTimeTrim(DateTimeAdd([Field1],-1, "months"),"firstofmonth")

IraWatt_0-1654620155814.png

Any questions or issues please ask :)
HTH!
Ira

 

binu_acs
21 - Polaris

@ntudev Another way of doing this.

 

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HomesickSurfer
12 - Quasar

Hi @ntudev 

 

Another approach:

 

ToDate(DateTimeAdd(DateTimeAdd([OriginalDate],-1,"month"), 1-DateTimeDay(DateTimeAdd([OriginalDate],-1,"month")), "days"))
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