How to find previous month's first and last day when I am only given with the Current date

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Hi,
My requirement is to find the previous months's first and last day using current date.
I tried kinda hard but unfortunately could not crack this. I need this urgently. Please help

Posted 16-Jun-15 20:22pm

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sasanka sekhar panda · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-16T20:39:00

Solution 1

C#

DateTime date = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(-1);
var firstDayOfMonth = new DateTime(date.Year, date.Month, 1);
var lastDayOfMonth = firstDayOfMonth.AddMonths(1).AddDays(-1);

Posted 16-Jun-15 20:39pm

sasanka sekhar panda

Updated 16-Jun-15 20:40pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Jun-15 2:55am

Looks correct, a 5.
(This is a well-known technique, could be found in several places though.)
—SA