MySQL ADDDATE() function
ADDDATE() function
MySQL ADDDATE() adds a time value with a date.
The DATE_ADD() is the synonym of ADDDATE().
Syntax:
ADDDATE(date, INTERVAL expr unit), ADDDATE(expr,days)
Arguments:
Name | Description |
---|---|
date | A date value. |
INTERVAL | Keyword. |
expr | A date or datetime expression or a number. |
unit | An unit, described in the following table. |
Syntax Diagram:

MySQL Version: 5.6
The following table shows the expected form of the expr argument for each unit value.
Unit Value | Expected expr Format |
---|---|
MICROSECOND | MICROSECONDS |
SECOND | SECONDS |
MINUTE | MINUTES |
HOUR | HOURS |
DAY | DAYS |
WEEK | WEEKS |
MONTH | MONTHS |
QUARTER | QUARTERS |
YEAR | YEARS |
SECOND_MICROSECOND | 'SECONDS.MICROSECONDS' |
MINUTE_MICROSECOND | 'MINUTES:SECONDS.MICROSECONDS' |
MINUTE_SECOND | 'MINUTES:SECONDS' |
HOUR_MICROSECOND | 'HOURS:MINUTES:SECONDS.MICROSECONDS' |
HOUR_SECOND | 'HOURS:MINUTES:SECONDS' |
HOUR_MINUTE | 'HOURS:MINUTES' |
DAY_MICROSECOND | 'DAYS HOURS:MINUTES:SECONDS.MICROSECONDS' |
DAY_SECOND | 'DAYS HOURS:MINUTES:SECONDS' |
DAY_MINUTE | 'DAYS HOURS:MINUTES' |
DAY_HOUR | 'DAYS HOURS' |
YEAR_MONTH | 'YEARS-MONTHS' |
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Example: MySQL ADDDATE() function
The following statement will return a date after adding 10 days with the specified date.
Code:
SELECT ADDDATE('2008-05-15', INTERVAL 10 DAY) as required_date;
Sample Output:
mysql> SELECT ADDDATE('2008-05-15', INTERVAL 10 DAY) as required_date; +---------------+ | required_date | +---------------+ | 2008-05-25 | +---------------+ 1 row in set (0.04 sec)
PHP script:
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>example-ADDDATE-function - php mysql examples | w3resource</title>
<meta name="description" content="example-ADDDATE-function - php mysql examples | w3resource">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<h2>Calculating a date adding an interval of ten days with 2008-05-15 using MySQL:</h2>
<table class='table table-bordered'>
<tr> <th>Required Date</th>
</tr>
<?php
$hostname="your_hostname";
$username="your_username";
$password="your_password";
$db = "your_dbname";
$dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=$hostname;dbname=$db", $username, $password);
foreach($dbh->query('SELECT ADDDATE("2008-05-15", INTERVAL 10 DAY) as required_date') as $row) {
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['required_date'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
?>
</tbody></table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
JSP script:
<%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%@ page import="java.sql.*" %>
<%@ page import="java.io.*" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>example-adddate-function</title>
</head>
<body>
<%
try {
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
String Host = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/w3resour_bookinfo";
Connection connection = null;
Statement statement = null;
ResultSet rs = null;
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(Host, "root", "datasoft123");
statement = connection.createStatement();
String Data = "SELECT ADDDATE('2008-05-15', INTERVAL 10 DAY) as required_date";
rs = statement.executeQuery(Data);
%>
<TABLE border="1">
<tr width="10" bgcolor="#9979">
<td>Required Date</td>
</tr>
<%
while (rs.next()) {
%>
<TR>
<TD><%=rs.getString("required_date")%></TD>
</TR>
<% } %>
</table>
<%
rs.close();
statement.close();
connection.close();
} catch (Exception ex) {
out.println("Can’t connect to database.");
}
%>
</body>
</html>
Example: ADDDATE() function using INTERVAL
The following statement will return a date after adding 10 months with the specified date.
Code:
SELECT ADDDATE('2008-05-15', INTERVAL 10 MONTH) as required_date;
Sample Output:
mysql> SELECT ADDDATE('2008-05-15', INTERVAL 10 MONTH) as required_date; +---------------+ | required_date | +---------------+ | 2009-03-15 | +---------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
PHP script:
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>example1-ADDDATE-function - php mysql examples | w3resource</title>
<meta name="description" content="example1-ADDDATE-function - php mysql examples | w3resource">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<h2>Calculating a date adding an interval of ten months with 2008-05-15 using MySQL:</h2>
<table class='table table-bordered'>
<tr>
<th>Required Date</th>
</tr>
<?php
$hostname="your_hostname";
$username="your_username";
$password="your_password";
$db = "your_dbname";
$dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=$hostname;dbname=$db", $username, $password);
foreach($dbh->query('SELECT ADDDATE("2008-05-15", INTERVAL 10 MONTH) as required_date') as $row) {
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['required_date'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
?>
</tbody></table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Example: ADDDATE() function with interval more than one years
The following statement will return a date after adding 2 years with the specified date.
Code:
SELECT ADDDATE('2008-05-15', INTERVAL 2 YEAR) as required_date;
Sample Output:
mysql> SELECT ADDDATE('2008-05-15', INTERVAL 2 YEAR) as required_date; +---------------+ | required_date | +---------------+ | 2010-05-15 | +---------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
PHP script:
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>example2-ADDDATE-function - php mysql examples | w3resource</title>
<meta name="description" content="PHP MySQL PDO Example">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<h2>Calculating a date adding an interval of two years with 2008-05-15 using MySQL:</h2>
<table class='table table-bordered'>
<tr>
<th>Required Date</th>
</tr>
<?php
$hostname="your_hostname";
$username="your_username";
$password="your_password";
$db = "your_dbname";
$dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=$hostname;dbname=$db", $username, $password);
foreach($dbh->query('SELECT ADDDATE("2008-05-15", INTERVAL 2 YEAR) as required_date') as $row) {
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['required_date'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
?>
</tbody></table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Example: ADDDATE() function to add date
The following statement will return a date after adding 16 days with the specified date. In the above statement only the no of days as specified will be added with the specified date.
Code:
SELECT ADDDATE('2008-05-15',16 );
Sample Output:
mysql> SELECT ADDDATE('2008-05-15',16 ); +---------------------------+ | ADDDATE('2008-05-15',16 ) | +---------------------------+ | 2008-05-31 | +---------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
PHP script:
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>example3-ADDDATE-function - php mysql examples | w3resource</title>
<meta name="description" content="example3-ADDDATE-function - php mysql examples | w3resource">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<h2>Calculating a date adding sixteen days with 2008-05-15 using MySQL:</h2>
<table class='table table-bordered'>
<tr>
<th>Required Date</th>
</tr>
<?php
$hostname="your_hostname";
$username="your_username";
$password="your_password";
$db = "your_dbname";
$dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=$hostname;dbname=$db", $username, $password);
foreach($dbh->query('SELECT ADDDATE("2008-05-15",16 ) as required_date') as $row) {
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['required_date'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
?>
</tbody></table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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