Calculate the last day of the prior quarter
Get the current date
SELECT CONVERT(DATE,GETDATE()) [Current Date]
Get the 1st date of the quarter for the current date
SELECT CONVERT(DATE, DATEADD(QQ, DATEDIFF(QQ, 0, GETDATE()) ,0)) [Current Quarter 1st Date]
Get the last date of the quarter for the current date
SELECT CONVERT(DATE,DATEADD(d, -1, DATEADD(q, DATEDIFF(q, 0, GETDATE()) +1, 0))) [Current Quarter Last Date]
Get the 1st date of the next quarter for the current date
SELECT CONVERT(DATE, DATEADD(QQ, DATEDIFF(QQ, 0, GETDATE()) +1 ,0)) [Next Quarter 1st Date]
Get the last date of the next quarter for the current date
SELECT CONVERT(DATE,DATEADD(d, -1, DATEADD(q, DATEDIFF(q, 0, GETDATE()) +2, 0))) [Next Quarter Last Date]
I came up with this (tested for all months):
select dateadd(dd,-1,dateadd(qq,datediff(qq,0,'11/19/2008'),0)),
dateadd(dd,-1,dateadd(qq,datediff(qq,0,'10/19/2008'),0)),
dateadd(dd,-1,dateadd(qq,datediff(qq,0,'12/19/2008'),0))
It might turn out to be the simplest.
If @Date has the date in question
Select DateAdd(day, -1, dateadd(qq, DateDiff(qq, 0, @Date), 0))
EDIT: Thanks to @strEagle below, simpler still is:
Select dateadd(qq, DateDiff(qq, 0, @Date), -1)
Actually simpler is:
SELECT DATEADD(qq, DATEDIFF(qq, 0, GETDATE()), -1)