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How to get the first day of the previous month in MySQL?

With the help of following MySQL query, we can get the first day of previous month −

mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT(CURDATE() - INTERVAL 1 MONTH,'%Y-%m-01') AS 'FIRST DAY OF PREVOIUS MONTH';
+-----------------------------+
| FIRST DAY OF PREVOIUS MONTH |
+-----------------------------+
| 2017-09-01                  |
+-----------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)