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<?php $refDate = new DateTime('2013-08-11'); $previousMonthClose = new DateTime( date( 'Y-m-d', strtotime('first day of last month', $refDate->getTimestamp()) ) ); echo $previousMonthClose->format('Y-m-d');

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