Returns the date produced by adding the specified number of the specified date parts to a date.
DATEADD ( date-part, numeric-expression, date-expression )
date part The date part to be added to the date.
For a complete listing of allowed date parts, see “Date parts”.
numeric-expression The number of date parts to be added to the date. The numeric-expression can be any numeric type; the value is truncated to an integer. The maximum microsecond in numeric-expression is 2147483647, that is, 35:47.483647 (35 mins 47 secs 483647 mcs).
date-expression The date to be modified.
The following statement returns the value 1995-11-02 00:00:00.000:
SELECT DATEADD( MONTH, 102, '1987/05/02' ) FROM iq_dummy
The following statement returns the value 2009-11-10 14:57:52.722016:
SELECT DATEADD(MICROSECOND, 15, '2009-11-10 14:57:52.722001') FROM iq_dummy
The following statement returns the value 1985-05-02 00:00:00.123456:
SELECT DATEADD(MICROSECOND, 123456, '1985/05/02') FROM iq_dummy
The following statement returns the value 1985-05-01 23:59:59.876544:
SELECT DATEADD(MICROSECOND, -123456, '1985/05/02') FROM iq_dummy
The following statement returns the value 2009-11-03 11:10:42.033192:
SELECT DATEADD(MCS, 2, '2009-11-03 11:10:42.033190') FROM iq_dummy
DATEADD is a Transact-SQL compatible data manipulation function.