Re: Dates

hi!

then i think this is what you need:

select to_date('01-01-'||round(to_char(sysdate, 'YYYY'), -1),

   'DD-MM-YYYY') from dual;

reg.
daniel

Imran Ashraf wrote:
>
> Im running this query:
> select round(add_months(sysdate,500),'YYYY')
> from dual;
> This retuns:
> 01-JAN-2044.
>
> I want it to return:
>
> 01-JAN-2040.
>
> Thanks

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