Functions and operators : ADD_MONTH( )

ADD_MONTH( )

Adds a specified number of months to a date value.

Syntax

ADD_MONTH(date, monthsToAdd)

Arguments

date

The date or date expression representing the start date.

monthsToAdd

The number of months to add to the start date. If you specify a negative number, the result is as if the number is subtracted from the start date.

Returns

The date value that results from adding the specified number of months to the start date. This function always returns a valid date. If necessary, the day part of the resulting date is adjusted downward to the last day of the resulting month in the resulting year. For example, if you add 1 month to 1/31/08, ADD_MONTH( ) returns 2/29/08, not 2/31/08 or 2/28/08, because 2008 is a leap year.

Example

The following example adds two months to each date value in the InitialRelease data field.

ADD_MONTH([InitialRelease], 2)