DATE_ADD (Lakehouse v1)

Add the time interval or date interval to the provided date or date with time (timestamp/datetime).

Analyze Syntax

func.date_add(<unit>, <value>,  <date_or_time_expr>)

Analyze Examples

func.date_add('YEAR', 1, func.to_date('2018-01-02'))
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ func.date_add('YEAR', 1, func.to_date('2018-01-02')) │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2019-01-02                                           │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

SQL Syntax

DATE_ADD(<unit>, <value>,  <date_or_time_expr>)

Arguments

Arguments	Description
<unit>	Must be of the following values: YEAR, QUARTER, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE and SECOND
<value>	This is the number of units of time that you want to add. For example, if you want to add 2 days, this will be 2.
<date_or_time_expr>	A value of DATE or TIMESTAMP type

Return Type

The function returns a value of the same type as the <date_or_time_expr> argument.

SQL Examples

SELECT date_add(YEAR, 1, to_date('2018-01-02'));
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ DATE_ADD(YEAR, INTERVAL 1, to_date('2018-01-02')) │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2019-01-02                                        │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘