MYSQL Datetime getting a date extract one month back

Question

having a current date as 2011/12/05 .. , how to get a date extract one month back ? 2011/11/05 ? in MYsql?

Answer 1

mysql> SELECT DATE_SUB(20111205, INTERVAL 1 MONTH);
+--------------------------------------+
| DATE_SUB(20111205, INTERVAL 1 MONTH) |
+--------------------------------------+
| 2011-11-05 |
+--------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.88 sec) 

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