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Term: LAST_DAY

Definition:
The Oracle PL/SQL LAST_DAY function returns the last day of the month extracted from the provided date value argument. It accepts argument of DATE type and returns argument of DATE type. The LAST_DAY function is often used to determine leap years by checking the month of February for that year to see if it had the extra day present in a leap year.

Example Syntax:

LAST_DAY (date);


Example Usage:

This example finds the last day in February, 2004. It returns '29' for the date because 2004 was a leap year.

SELECT LAST_DAY('16-FEB-2004') Last_Day
FROM DUAL;

LAST_DAY
---------------
29-FEB-04



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