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SQL Server DATEADD() Function

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SQL Server DATEADD() Function

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Example

Add one year to a date, then return the date:

SELECT DATEADD(year, 1, '2017/08/25') AS DateAdd;

Definition and Usage

Formula

The DATEADD() function adds a time/date interval to a date and then returns the date.

Syntax

Dateadd(

interval, number, date )

Parameter Values

Parameter

Description interval

Formula

Required. The time/date interval to add. Can be one of the following values:

year, yyyy, yy = Year quarter, qq, q = Quarter month, mm, m = month dayofyear, dy, y = Day of the year day, dd, d = Day week, ww, wk = Week weekday, dw, w = Weekday hour, hh = hour minute, mi, n = Minute second, ss, s = Second millisecond, ms = Millisecond number Required. The number of interval to add to date. Can be positive (to get dates in the future) or negative (to get dates in the past) date Required. The date that will be modified

Technical Details

Works in:

SQL Server (starting with 2008), Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Parallel Data Warehouse

More Examples

Example

Add two months to a date, then return the date:

SELECT DATEADD(month, 2, '2017/08/25') AS DateAdd;

Example

Subtract two months from a date, then return the date:

SELECT DATEADD(month, -2, '2017/08/25') AS DateAdd;

Example

Add 18 years to the date in the BirthDate column, then return the date: SELECT LastName,

BirthDate, DATEADD(year, 18, BirthDate) AS DateAdd FROM Employees;

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