MySQL DATE_ADD() Function

In MySQL, the DATE_ADD() function adds the specified interval to the specified date/time and returns the result.

`DATE_ADD()` Syntax

Here is the syntax of MySQL DATE_ADD() function:

DATE_ADD(date, INTERVAL value unit)

Parameters

date: Required. A data or datetime value or expression.
value: Required. A date/time interval. Both positive and negative numbers are allowed.
unit: Required. The unit of the date/time interval.

The unit of the data/time interval can be one of the following values:

MICROSECOND
SECOND
MINUTE
HOUR
DAY
WEEK
MONTH
QUARTER
YEAR
SECOND_MICROSECOND
MINUTE_MICROSECOND
MINUTE_SECOND
HOUR_MICROSECOND
HOUR_SECOND
HOUR_MINUTE
DAY_MICROSECOND
DAY_SECOND
DAY_MINUTE
DAY_HOUR
YEAR_MONTH

Return value

The DATE_ADD() function adds the specified date/time interval to the specified data or datetime value and returns the result. The result’s date type is determined by the parameters:

If date is a DATE value and unit is YEAR, MONTH or DAY, it returns a DATE value.
If date is a DATE value and unit is HOURS, MINUTES or SECONDS, it returns a DATETIME value.
If date is a DATETIME value, it returns a DATETIME value.
If date is a TIME value and unit is YEAR, MONTH or DAY, it returns a DATETIME value.
If date is a TIME value and the computation involves only the HOURS, MINUTES and SECONDS parts , it returns a TIME value. (MySQL 8.0.28 and later)
Otherwise it returns a string value.

`DATE_ADD()` Examples

Here are some examples of the DATE_ADD() function.

Example 1

SELECT
    DATE_ADD('2020-06-10', INTERVAL 10 DAY),
    DATE_ADD('2020-06-10', INTERVAL 10 HOUR)\G

 DATE_ADD('2020-06-10', INTERVAL 10 DAY): 2020-06-20
DATE_ADD('2020-06-10', INTERVAL 10 HOUR): 2020-06-10 10:00:00

Example 2

SELECT
    DATE_ADD('2020-06-10 10:00:00', INTERVAL 10 HOUR),
    DATE_ADD('2020-06-10 10:00:00', INTERVAL 10 MINUTE)\G

  DATE_ADD('2020-06-10 10:00:00', INTERVAL 10 HOUR): 2020-06-10 20:00:00
DATE_ADD('2020-06-10 10:00:00', INTERVAL 10 MINUTE): 2020-06-10 10:10:00

Example 3

SELECT
    DATE_ADD(CURDATE(), INTERVAL 10 HOUR),
    DATE_ADD(NOW(), INTERVAL 10 MINUTE)\G

DATE_ADD(CURDATE(), INTERVAL 10 HOUR): 2022-04-11 10:00:00
  DATE_ADD(NOW(), INTERVAL 10 MINUTE): 2022-04-11 08:35:42

Here, we used the CURDATE() function to get the current date and used the NOW() function to get the current datetime.

DATE_ADD() Syntax