generate series based on particular day in each month -postgresql - postgresql

Question

i have following query in postgresql for dates between 2 ranges.
select generate_series('2019-04-01'::timestamp, '2020-03-31', '1 month')
as g_date
I need to generate specific date in every month .i.e 15 th of every month. Following is my query to generate series
DO $$
DECLARE
compdate date = '2019-04-15';
BEGIN
CREATE TEMP TABLE tmp_table ON COMMIT DROP AS
select *,
case
when extract('day' from d) <> extract('day' from compdate) then 0
when ( extract('month' from d)::int - extract('month' from compdate)::int ) % 1 = 0 then 1
else 0
end as c
from generate_series('2019-04-01'::timestamp, '2020-03-31', '1 day') d;
END $$;
SELECT * FROM tmp_table
where c=1;
;
But every thing is perfect if input date between (1..29)-04-2019 ..
2019-04-25
2019-05-25
2019-06-25
2019-07-25
2019-08-25
2019-09-25
2019-10-25
2019-11-25
2019-12-25
2020-01-25
2020-02-25
2020-03-25
but if i give compdate: 31-04-2019 or 30-04-2019 giving out put:
2019-05-31
2019-07-31
2019-08-31
2019-10-31
2019-12-31
2020-01-31
2020-03-31
Expected Output:
date flag
2019-04-01 0 ----start_date
2019-04-30 1
2019-05-31 1
2019-06-30 1
2019-07-31 1
2019-08-31 1
2019-09-30 1
2019-10-31 1
2019-11-30 1
2019-12-31 1
2020-01-31 1
2020-02-29 1
2020-03-31 0 ---end_date
If matched day not found in the result it should take last day of that month..i.e if 31 not found in month of feb it
should take 29-02-2019 and also in april month instead of 31 it should take 2019-04-30.
Please suggest.

Answer 1

to generate the last days of the month, just generate first days & subtract a 1 day interval
example: the following generates all last day of month in the year 2010
SELECT x - interval '1 day' FROM
GENERATE_SERIES('2010-02-01', '2011-01-01', interval '1 month') x

Answer 2

You cannot accomplish what you want with generate_series. This results due to that process applying a fixed increment from the previous generated value. Your case 1 month. Now Postgres will successfully compute correct end-of-month date from 1 month to the next. So for example 1month from 31-Jan yields 28-Feb (or 29), because 31-Feb would be an invalid date, Postgres handles it. However, that same interval from 28-Feb gives the valid date 28-Mar so no end-of-month adjustment is needed. Generate_Series will return 28th of the month from then on. The same applies to 30 vs. 31 day months.
But you can achieve what your after with a recursive CTE by employing a varying interval to the same initial start date. If the resulting date is invalid for date the necessary end-of-month adjustment will be made. The following does that:
create or replace function constant_monthly_date
( start_date timestamp
, end_date timestamp
)
returns setof date
language sql strict
as $$
with recursive date_set as
(select start_date ds, start_date sd, end_date ed, 1 cnt
union all
select (sd + cnt*interval '1 month') ds, sd, ed, cnt+1
from date_set
where ds<end_date
)
select ds::date from date_set;
$$;
-- test
select * from constant_monthly_date(date '2020-01-15', date '2020-12-15' );
select * from constant_monthly_date(date '2020-01-31', date '2020-12-31' );

Answer 3

Use the least function to get the least one between the computed day and end of month.
create or replace function test1(day int) returns table (t timestamptz) as $$
select least(date_trunc('day', t) + make_interval(days => day-1), date_trunc('day', t) + interval '1 month' - interval '1 day') from generate_series('2019-04-01', '2020-03-31', interval '1 month') t
$$ language sql;
select test1(31);