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Version: 3.2

last_day

Description​

Returns the last day of an input DATE or DATETIME expression based on the specified date part. For example, last_day('2023-05-10', 'month') returns the last day of the month in which '2023-05-10' falls.

If the date part is not specified, this function returns the last day of the month for a given date.

This function is supported from v3.1.

Syntax​

DATE last_day(DATETIME|DATE date_expr[, VARCHAR unit])

Parameters​

  • date_expr: a DATE or DATETIME expression, required.

  • unit: the date part, optional. Valid values include month, quarter, and year, default to month. If unit is invalid, an error is returned.

Return value​

Returns a DATE value.

Examples​

MySQL > select last_day('2023-05-10', 'month');
+----------------------------------+
| last_day('2023-05-10', 'month')  |
+----------------------------------+
| 2023-05-31                       |
+----------------------------------+

MySQL > select last_day('2023-05-10');
+------------------------+
| last_day('2023-05-10') |
+------------------------+
| 2023-05-31             |
+------------------------+

MySQL > select last_day('2023-05-10', 'quarter');
+-----------------------------------+
| last_day('2023-05-10', 'quarter') |
+-----------------------------------+
| 2023-06-30                        |
+-----------------------------------+

MySQL > select last_day('2023-05-10', 'year');
+---------------------------------------+
| last_day('2023-05-10', 'year')        |
+---------------------------------------+
| 2023-12-31                            |
+---------------------------------------+

keyword​

LAST_DAY, LAST