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SQL Syntax - Number of Days in Past 3 Months

Hello,

I am working on a report. I need to use number of days in Previous 3 Months for one of the formulas.

For Example, if I run the report in Feb, the the number of days in previous 3 months will be 92 (Nov - 30, Dec - 31, Jan - 31). If I run the report in March, the the number of days in previous 3 months will be 90 (dec - 31, jan - 31, feb - 28).

How can I accomplish this in SQL Server? Thanks

David Todd

Hi,

I'd check with the business if that number needs to be exact. The usual number is 90 days.

try select datediff( day, '2013-11-01', '2014-02-01' )

Note that I've gone one day past the three months, but fairly certain the result will be correct.

HTH
David

Lawrence Barnes

Seems like you may want the total number of days in the last three complete calendar months (vs rolling months.) Below is a query that show's the parts and has a single formula for your calc.

DECLARE @TargetDate DATE
SET @TargetDate = '2014-02-15'

SELECT @TargetDate as CurrentDate
        , DATEADD(DD, -1 * (DATEPART(DD,DATEADD(MM,-3,@TargetDate)) - 1),DATEADD(MM,-3,@TargetDate)) as FirstDayofThreeMonthsAgo
        , DATEADD(DD, -1 * DATEPART(DD,@TargetDate),@TargetDate) as LastDayofLastMonth
        , DATEDIFF(DD,DATEADD(DD, -1 * (DATEPART(DD,DATEADD(MM,-3,@TargetDate)) - 1),DATEADD(MM,-3,@TargetDate)),DATEADD(DD, -1 * DATEPART(DD,@TargetDate),@TargetDate)) + 1 as NbrDaysLast3CompleteMonths

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rustypoot

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Thank you. But I can not declare a specific date as start date; the report is run daily so the Target date will change daily. And the business wants exact Number of days.

Patrick Matthews

Based on the current system date/time:

DECLARE @Start date = (SELECT DATEADD(month, DATEDIFF(month, 0, GETDATE())-3, 0)),
    @End date = (SELECT DATEADD(month, DATEDIFF(month, 0, GETDATE()), 0))
    
SELECT DATEDIFF(day, @Start, @End)

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