DATEADD()

The DATEADD() function in SQL Server and DATE_ADD() function in MySQL return a date/time interval that is added to a specified date.

SQL Server Syntax

DATEADD(interval, amount, date)

The DATEADD() function in SQL Server has three parameters:

• interval is the date or time interval to add to date. It can be one of the following formats:
  • Year: year, yyyy, yy
  • Quarter: quarter, qq, q
  • Week: week, ww, wk
  • Weekday: weekday, dw, w
  • Second: second, ss, s
  • Month: month, mm, m
  • Minute: minute, mi, n
  • Millisecond: millisecond, ms
  • Hour: hour, hh
  • Day of Year: dayofyear
  • Day: day, dy, y
• amount is the amount of interval to add to date. A negative amount subtracts the interval from the date.
• date is the date being added to. It can be in several formats, one being the yyyy/mm/dd format.

Example 1

The following example adds 10 months to 2022/06/22:

SELECT DATEADD(month, 10, '2022/06/22');
/* Output: 2023-04-22 00:00:00.000 */

Example 2

The following example adds 28 seconds to 1990/08/25 04:23:10:

SELECT DATEADD(second, 28, '1990/08/25 04:23:10');
/* Output: 1990-08-25 04:23:38.000 */

Example 3

Using a negative amount subtracts the interval from the date. The following example subtracts 24 years from 2022/12/07:

SELECT DATEADD(year, -24, '2022/12/07');
/* Output: 1998-12-07 00:00:00.000 */

MySQL Syntax

The DATE_ADD() function in MySQL has the following syntax:

DATE_ADD(date, INTERVAL value unit)

• date is the date being added to.
• value is the amount of the unit to add to date. A negative value subtracts the amount from the date.
• unit can be set to YEAR, SECOND, MONTH, MINUTE, HOUR, or DAY.

Example 1

The following example adds 37 days to 2002-10-31:

SELECT DATE_ADD("2002-10-31", INTERVAL 37 DAY);
/* Output: 2002-12-07 */

Example 2

The following example adds 30 minutes to 2002-10-31 10:35:02:

SELECT DATE_ADD("2002-10-31 10:35:02", INTERVAL 30 MINUTE);
/* Output: 2002-10-31 11:05:02 */

Example 3

A negative value subtracts the specified amount from the date. The following example subtracts 4 months from 2000-03-15:

SELECT DATE_ADD("2000-03-15", INTERVAL -4 MONTH);
/* Output: 1999-11-15 */