How to get Startdate and end date of a month for a given date

[smanjunath211]

I need to get starting day of the month and ending day of the month for a given date.
how do i write a simple function for the same. I tried from this link, but i am unable to get the start day.

`Calculate Last Date of a Month - #2 by Steve-Mcl

[smanjunath211]

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I think this is a long and dirty way, but it works.

[jbudd]

Dayjs has functions to create date objects for the start and end of a period (day, month, etc) and for displaying components of the object.

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