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benchpolo
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select DATEADD(yy, DATEDIFF(yy,0,getdate()), 0)

Result
------------------------------------------------------
2008-01-01 00:00:00.000

I have the above select statement in SQL to dispay the 1st day of the year, but i'm not able to figure out how to display previous years, in this case, i want to display 2006?

Please advise. Many thanks.
Mar 13 '08 #1
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ck9663
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select DATEADD(yy, DATEDIFF(yy,0,getdate()), 0)

Result
------------------------------------------------------
2008-01-01 00:00:00.000

I have the above select statement in SQL to dispay the 1st day of the year, but i'm not able to figure out how to display previous years, in this case, i want to display 2006?

Please advise. Many thanks.

Try

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  1. select dateadd(yy,-2,DATEADD(yy, DATEDIFF(yy,0,getdate()), 0))
Mar 13 '08 #2

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