Updated 20 April 2024 to include the date_add()
function.
SQL Server has its DATEADD()
function that adds an interval to a date value. MySQL’s DATE_ADD()
and ADDDATE()
for does the same thing, as does MariaDB’s DATE_ADD()
and ADDDATE()
. SQLite has a DATE()
function that also provides the option of adding an interval to a given date.
Prior to version 16, PostgreSQL didn’t have a DATEADD()
or equivalent function. But with PostgreSQL 16 came with the introduction of the date_add()
function, which allows us to add an interval to a timestamp with time zone.
We can also add and subtract values from dates with date/time operators such as +
and -
.