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Return the first date or last date or the previous month

jennpm11
5 - Atom

Hi there,

 

I'm fairly new to Alteryx and I'm struggling to come up with the right formula.

 

What I need is if a date is less than the first of the previous month then return the first of the previous month. Also if a date is greater than last day of the previous month return the last of the month previous month.

 

This is what I have but it's not going to work for months that don't have 31 days. 

 

datetimeadd(datetimefirstofmonth(),-1,'days')

 

datetimeadd(datetimefirstofmonth(),-31,'days')

 

if [Date]>[Find last day of the month]then[Find last day of the month]
else (if [DATE]<[Find first day of the month]then[Find first day of the month]
else [DATE] endif) endif

 

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,

Jenn

 

2 REPLIES 2
Laurap1228
11 - Bolide

Try this:

date formula.PNG

jennpm11
5 - Atom

Yes! This works perfectly

 

Thanks so much

-Jenn

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