[sql] How to determine the number of days in a month in SQL Server?

I need to determine the number of days in a month for a given date in SQL Server.

Is there a built-in function? If not, what should I use as the user-defined function?

select  datediff(day, 
        dateadd(day, 0, dateadd(month, ((2013 - 1900) * 12) + 3 - 1, 0)),
        dateadd(day, 0, dateadd(month, ((2013  - 1900) * 12) + 3, 0))
        )

Nice Simple and does not require creating any functions Work Fine

select first_day=dateadd(dd,-1*datepart(dd,getdate())+1,getdate()), last_day=dateadd(dd,-1*datepart(dd,dateadd(mm,1,getdate())),dateadd(mm,1,getdate())), no_of_days = 1+datediff(dd,dateadd(dd,-1*datepart(dd,getdate())+1,getdate()),dateadd(dd,-1*datepart(dd,dateadd(mm,1,getdate())),dateadd(mm,1,getdate())))

replace any date with getdate to get the no of months in that particular date

Solution 1: Find the number of days in whatever month we're currently in

DECLARE @dt datetime
SET     @dt = getdate()

SELECT @dt AS [DateTime],
       DAY(DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm, -1, @dt), -1)) AS [Days in Month]

Solution 2: Find the number of days in a given month-year combo

DECLARE @y int, @m int
SET     @y = 2012
SET     @m = 2

SELECT @y AS [Year],
       @m AS [Month],
       DATEDIFF(DAY,
                DATEADD(DAY, 0, DATEADD(m, ((@y - 1900) * 12) + @m - 1, 0)),
                DATEADD(DAY, 0, DATEADD(m, ((@y - 1900) * 12) + @m, 0))
               ) AS [Days in Month]

DECLARE @date nvarchar(20)
SET @date ='2012-02-09 00:00:00'
SELECT DATEDIFF(day,cast(replace(cast(YEAR(@date) as char)+'-'+cast(MONTH(@date) as char)+'-01',' ','')+' 00:00:00' as datetime),dateadd(month,1,cast(replace(cast(YEAR(@date) as char)+'-'+cast(MONTH(@date) as char)+'-01',' ','')+' 00:00:00' as datetime)))

To get the no. of days in a month we can directly use Day() available in SQL.

Follow the link posted at the end of my answer for SQL Server 2005 / 2008.

The following example and the result are from SQL 2012

alter function dbo.[daysinm]
(
@dates nvarchar(12)
)
returns int
as
begin
Declare @dates2 nvarchar(12)
Declare @days int
begin
select @dates2 = (select DAY(EOMONTH(convert(datetime,@dates,103))))
set @days = convert(int,@dates2)
end
return @days
end

--select dbo.daysinm('08/12/2016')

Result in SQL Server SSMS

  (no column name)
1 31

Process:

When EOMONTH is used, whichever the date format we use it is converted into DateTime format of SQL-server. Then the date output of EOMONTH() will be 2016-12-31 having 2016 as Year, 12 as Month and 31 as Days. This output when passed into Day() it gives you the total days count in the month.

If we want to get the instant result for checking we can directly run the below code,

select DAY(EOMONTH(convert(datetime,'08/12/2016',103)))

or

select DAY(EOMONTH(convert(datetime,getdate(),103)))

for reference to work in SQL Server 2005/2008/2012, please follow the following external link ...

Find No. of Days in a Month in SQL

   --- sql server below 2012---
    select day( dateadd(day,-1,dateadd(month, 1, convert(date,'2019-03-01'))))
    -- this for sql server 2012--
    select day(EOMONTH(getdate()))

I would suggest:

SELECT DAY(EOMONTH(GETDATE()))

In SQL Server 2012 you can use EOMONTH (Transact-SQL) to get the last day of the month and then you can use DAY (Transact-SQL) to get the number of days in the month.

DECLARE @ADate DATETIME

SET @ADate = GETDATE()

SELECT DAY(EOMONTH(@ADate)) AS DaysInMonth

Most elegant solution: works for any @DATE

DAY(DATEADD(DD,-1,DATEADD(MM,DATEDIFF(MM,-1,@DATE),0)))

Throw it in a function or just use it inline. This answers the original question without all the extra junk in the other answers.

examples for dates from other answers:

SELECT DAY(DATEADD(DD,-1,DATEADD(MM,DATEDIFF(MM,-1,'1/31/2009'),0))) Returns 31

SELECT DAY(DATEADD(DD,-1,DATEADD(MM,DATEDIFF(MM,-1,'2404-feb-15'),0))) Returns 29

SELECT DAY(DATEADD(DD,-1,DATEADD(MM,DATEDIFF(MM,-1,'2011-12-22'),0))) Returns 31

simple query in SQLServer2012 :

select day(('20-05-1951 22:00:00'))

i tested for many dates and it return always a correct result

You need to create a function, but it is for your own convenience. It works perfect and I never encountered any faulty computations using this function.

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[get_days](@date datetime)
RETURNS int
AS
BEGIN
    SET @date = DATEADD(MONTH, 1, @date)
    DECLARE @result int = (select DAY(DATEADD(DAY, -DAY(@date), @date)))
    RETURN @result
END

How it works: subtracting the date's day number from the date itself gives you the last day of previous month. So, you need to add one month to the given date, subtract the day number and get the day component of the result.

DECLARE @date DATETIME = GETDATE(); --or '12/1/2018' (month/day/year) 
SELECT DAY(EOMONTH ( @date )) AS 'This Month'; 
SELECT DAY(EOMONTH ( @date, 1 )) AS 'Next Month';

result: This Month 31

Next Month 30

I upvoted Mehrdad, but this works as well. :)

CREATE function dbo.IsLeapYear
(
    @TestYear int
)
RETURNS bit
AS
BEGIN
    declare @Result bit
    set @Result = 
    cast(
        case when ((@TestYear % 4 = 0) and (@testYear % 100 != 0)) or (@TestYear % 400 = 0)
        then 1
        else 0
        end
    as bit )
    return @Result
END
GO

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.GetDaysInMonth
(
    @TestDT datetime
)
RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN

    DECLARE @Result int 
    DECLARE @MonthNo int

    Set @MonthNo = datepart(m,@TestDT)

    Set @Result = 
    case @MonthNo
        when  1 then 31
        when  2 then 
            case 
                when dbo.IsLeapYear(datepart(yyyy,@TestDT)) = 0
                then 28
                else 29
            end
        when  3 then 31
        when  4 then 30
        when  5 then 31
        when  6 then 30
        when  7 then 31
        when  8 then 31
        when  9 then 30 
        when 10 then 31
        when 11 then 30 
        when 12 then 31
    end

    RETURN @Result
END
GO

To Test

declare @testDT datetime;

set @testDT = '2404-feb-15';

select dbo.GetDaysInMonth(@testDT)

SELECT Datediff(day,
(Convert(DateTime,Convert(varchar(2),Month(getdate()))+'/01/'+Convert(varchar(4),Year(getdate())))),
(Convert(DateTime,Convert(varchar(2),Month(getdate())+1)+'/01/'+Convert(varchar(4),Year(getdate()))))) as [No.of Days in a Month]

--Last Day of Previous Month
SELECT DATEPART(day, DATEADD(s,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(m,0,GETDATE()),0)))

--Last Day of Current Month
SELECT DATEPART(day, DATEADD(s,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(m,0,GETDATE())+1,0)))

--Last Day of Next Month
SELECT DATEPART(day, DATEADD(s,-1,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(m,0,GETDATE())+2,0)))

Personally though, I would make a UDF for it if there is not a built in function...

Much simpler...try day(eomonth(@Date))

Mehrdad Afshari reply is most accurate one, apart from usual this answer is based on formal mathematical approach given by Curtis McEnroe in his blog https://cmcenroe.me/2014/12/05/days-in-month-formula.html

DECLARE @date  DATE= '2015-02-01'
DECLARE @monthNumber TINYINT 
DECLARE @dayCount TINYINT
SET @monthNumber = DATEPART(MONTH,@date )
SET @dayCount = 28 + (@monthNumber + floor(@monthNumber/8)) % 2 + 2 %    @monthNumber + 2 * floor(1/@monthNumber)   
SELECT @dayCount + CASE WHEN @dayCount = 28 AND DATEPART(YEAR,@date)%4 =0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END -- leap year adjustment

DECLARE @Month INT=2,
    @Year INT=1989
DECLARE @date DateTime=null
SET @date=CAST(CAST(@Year AS nvarchar) + '-' + CAST(@Month AS nvarchar) + '-' + '1' AS DATETIME);

DECLARE @noofDays TINYINT 
DECLARE @CountForDate TINYINT
SET @noofDays = DATEPART(MONTH,@date )
SET @CountForDate = 28 + (@noofDays + floor(@noofDays/8)) % 2 + 2 %    @noofDays + 2 * floor(1/@noofDays)   
SET @noofDays= @CountForDate + CASE WHEN @CountForDate = 28 AND DATEPART(YEAR,@date)%4 =0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END
PRINT @noofDays

I know this question is old but I thought I would share what I'm using.

DECLARE @date date = '2011-12-22'

/* FindFirstDayOfMonth - Find the first date of any month */
-- Replace the day part with -01
DECLARE @firstDayOfMonth date = CAST( CAST(YEAR(@date) AS varchar(4)) + '-' + 
                                      CAST(MONTH(@date) AS varchar(2)) + '-01' AS date)
SELECT @firstDayOfMonth

and

DECLARE @date date = '2011-12-22'

/* FindLastDayOfMonth - Find what is the last day of a month - Leap year is handled by DATEADD */
-- Get the first day of next month and remove a day from it using DATEADD
DECLARE @lastDayOfMonth date = CAST( DATEADD(dd, -1, DATEADD(mm, 1, FindFirstDayOfMonth(@date))) AS date)

SELECT @lastDayOfMonth

Those could be combine to create a single function to retrieve the number of days in a month if needed.

This code gets you the number of days in current month:

SELECT datediff(dd,getdate(),dateadd(mm,1,getdate())) as datas

Change getdate() to the date you need to count days for.

DECLARE  @m int
SET     @m = 2

SELECT 
       @m AS [Month],
       DATEDIFF(DAY,
                DATEADD(DAY, 0, DATEADD(m, +@m -1, 0)),
                DATEADD(DAY, 0, DATEADD(m,+ @m, 0))
               ) AS [Days in Month]

You do need to add a function, but it's a simple one. I use this:

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[ufn_GetDaysInMonth] ( @pDate    DATETIME )

RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN

    SET @pDate = CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), @pDate, 101)
    SET @pDate = @pDate - DAY(@pDate) + 1

    RETURN DATEDIFF(DD, @pDate, DATEADD(MM, 1, @pDate))
END

GO

select add_months(trunc(sysdate,'MM'),1) -  trunc(sysdate,'MM') from dual;

SELECT DAY(SUBDATE(ADDDATE(CONCAT(YEAR(NOW()), '-', MONTH(NOW()), '-1'), INTERVAL 1 MONTH), INTERVAL 1 DAY))

Nice 'n' Simple and does not require creating any functions

For any date

select DateDiff(Day,@date,DateAdd(month,1,@date))

here's another one...

Select Day(DateAdd(day, -Day(DateAdd(month, 1, getdate())), 
                         DateAdd(month, 1, getdate())))

RETURN day(dateadd(month, 12 * @year + @month - 22800, -1)) 
select day(dateadd(month, 12 * year(date) + month(date) - 22800, -1))