DATEADD¶

Syntax¶

DATEADD( <date_or_time_part>, <value>, <date_or_time_expr> )

Arguments¶

date_or_time_part

This indicates the units of time that you want to add. For example if you want to add two days, then specify day. This unit of measure must be one of the values listed in Supported date and time parts.

value

This is the number of units of time that you want to add. For example, if the units of time is day, and you want to add two days, specify 2. If you want to subtract two days, specify -2.

date_or_time_expr

date_or_time_expr must evaluate to a date, time, or timestamp. This is the date, time, or timestamp to which you want to add. For example, if you want to add two days to August 1, 2024, then specify '2024-08-01'::DATE.

If the data type is TIME, then the date_or_time_part must be in units of hours or smaller, not days or bigger.

If the input data type is DATE, and the date_or_time_part is hours or smaller, the input value will not be rejected, but instead will be treated as a TIMESTAMP with hours, minutes, seconds, and fractions of a second all initially set to 0 (e.g. midnight on the specified date).

Returns¶

If date_or_time_expr is a time, then the return data type is a time.

If date_or_time_expr is a timestamp, then the return data type is a timestamp.

If date_or_time_expr is a date:

• If date_or_time_part is day or larger (for example, month, year), the function returns a DATE value.

• If date_or_time_part is smaller than a day (for example, hour, minute, second), the function returns a TIMESTAMP_NTZ value, with 00:00:00.000 as the starting time for the date.

Usage notes¶

When date_or_time_part is year, quarter, or month (or any of their variations), if the result month has fewer days than the original day of the month, the result day of the month might be different from the original day.

Examples¶

The TIMEADD and TIMESTAMPADD functions are aliases for the DATEADD function. You can use any of these three functions in the examples to return the same results.

Add years to a date:

SELECT TO_DATE('2022-05-08') AS original_date,
       DATEADD(year, 2, TO_DATE('2022-05-08')) AS date_plus_two_years;

+---------------+---------------------+
| ORIGINAL_DATE | DATE_PLUS_TWO_YEARS |
|---------------+---------------------|
| 2022-05-08    | 2024-05-08          |
+---------------+---------------------+

Subtract years from a date:

SELECT TO_DATE('2022-05-08') AS original_date,
       DATEADD(year, -2, TO_DATE('2022-05-08')) AS date_minus_two_years;

+---------------+----------------------+
| ORIGINAL_DATE | DATE_MINUS_TWO_YEARS |
|---------------+----------------------|
| 2022-05-08    | 2020-05-08           |
+---------------+----------------------+

Add two years and two hours to a date. First, set the timestamp output format, create a table, and insert data:

ALTER SESSION SET TIMESTAMP_OUTPUT_FORMAT = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.FF9';
CREATE TABLE datetest (d date);
INSERT INTO datetest VALUES ('2022-04-05');

Run a query that adds two years and two hours to a date:

SELECT d AS original_date,
       DATEADD(year, 2, d) AS date_plus_two_years,
       TO_TIMESTAMP(d) AS original_timestamp,
       DATEADD(hour, 2, d) AS timestamp_plus_two_hours
  FROM datetest;

+---------------+---------------------+-------------------------+--------------------------+
| ORIGINAL_DATE | DATE_PLUS_TWO_YEARS | ORIGINAL_TIMESTAMP      | TIMESTAMP_PLUS_TWO_HOURS |
|---------------+---------------------+-------------------------+--------------------------|
| 2022-04-05    | 2024-04-05          | 2022-04-05 00:00:00.000 | 2022-04-05 02:00:00.000  |
+---------------+---------------------+-------------------------+--------------------------+

Add a month to a date in a month with the same or more days than the resulting month. For example, if the date is January 31, adding a month should not return February 31.

SELECT DATEADD(month, 1, '2023-01-31'::DATE) AS date_plus_one_month;

+---------------------+
| DATE_PLUS_ONE_MONTH |
|---------------------|
| 2023-02-28          |
+---------------------+

Add a month to a date in a month with fewer days than the resulting month. Adding a month to February 28 returns March 28.

SELECT DATEADD(month, 1, '2023-02-28'::DATE) AS date_plus_one_month;

+---------------------+
| DATE_PLUS_ONE_MONTH |
|---------------------|
| 2023-03-28          |
+---------------------+