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DATE_ADD

Adds an interval of a specified unit to a given timestamp. Subtraction can be performed by using a negative interval value.

Syntax

DATE_ADD(UNIT, VALUE, TIMESTAMP)

Arguments

UNIT

Type: string

The unit of time to add.

It can be one of the following:

  • year
  • quarter
  • month
  • week
  • day
  • hour
  • minute
  • second
  • millisecond

VALUE

Type: bigint

The integer value of the UNIT to add to TIMESTAMP.

Can be positive (for times in the future) or negative (for times in the past).

TIMESTAMP

Type: timestamp

The timestamp to be modified.

Returns

Type: timestamp

The TIMESTAMP with an INTERVAL of the given NUMBER added to it.


Examples

UNIT VALUE TIMESTAMP Output
day 1 2001-08-22 03:04:05.321 2001-08-23 03:04:05.321
year 5 2001-08-22 03:04:05.321 2006-08-22 03:04:05.321
second 30 2001-08-22 03:04:05.321 2001-08-22 03:04:35.321
quarter 1 2001-08-22 03:04:05.321 2001-11-22 03:04:05.321
quarter -1 2001-08-22 03:04:05.321 2001-05-22 03:04:05.321
quarter 0 2001-08-22 03:04:05.321 2001-08-22 03:04:05.321
year 1 null null

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