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Oracle PL / SQL » PL SQL » Date Calculation 
Your own add month function
 
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION new_add_months (
  2     date_in IN DATE,
  3     months_shift IN NUMBER
  4     )
  5     RETURN DATE
  6  IS
  7     retval                        DATE;
  8  BEGIN
  9     retval := ADD_MONTHS (date_in, months_shift);
 10
 11     IF date_in = LAST_DAY (date_in)
 12     THEN
 13        retval := LEAST (retval,TO_DATE (TO_CHAR (date_in, 'DD') || TO_CHAR (retval, 'MMYYYY'),'DDMMYYYY'));
 14     END IF;
 15
 16     RETURN retval;
 17  EXCEPTION
 18     WHEN OTHERS
 19     THEN
 20        RETURN retval;
 21  END new_add_months;
 22  /

Function created.

SQL>
SQL> select new_add_months(sysdate, 3from dual;

NEW_ADD_M
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19-SEP-08

 
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