Get First Day of 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)