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DateAdd
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<div class="black"><font size="-2"><b>Syntax</b></font></div>
<pre class="syntax"><u>Result</u> = <b>DateAdd (</b> <u>Date</u> as Date <b>,</b> <u>Period</u> AS Integer <b>,</b> <u>Count</u> AS Integer <b>)</b> AS Date</pre><p>

Add a specific period to a given date.
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<li><u>Date</u> is the initial date.
<li><u>Period</u> is the kind of period: year, month, day, week...
<li><u>Count</u> is the number of periods to add.
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The resulting date is returned.
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<u>Period</u> can be one of the following constants:
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<tt><a href="../comp/gb/gb+en">gb</a>.<a href="../comp/gb/gb/second+en">Second</a></tt>
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Adds seconds.
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<tt><a href="../comp/gb/gb+en">gb</a>.<a href="../comp/gb/gb/minute+en">Minute</a></tt>
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Adds minutes.
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<tt><a href="../comp/gb/gb+en">gb</a>.<a href="../comp/gb/gb/hour+en">Hour</a></tt>
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Adds hours.
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<tt><a href="../comp/gb/gb+en">gb</a>.<a href="../comp/gb/gb/day+en">Day</a></tt>
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Adds days.
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<tt><a href="../comp/gb/gb+en">gb</a>.<a href="../comp/gb/gb/week+en">Week</a></tt>
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Adds weeks.
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<tt><a href="../comp/gb/gb+en">gb</a>.<a href="../comp/gb/gb/weekday+en">WeekDay</a></tt>
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Adds week days (ignore Saturday and Sunday).
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<tt><a href="../comp/gb/gb+en">gb</a>.<a href="../comp/gb/gb/month+en">Month</a></tt>
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Adds months.
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<tt><a href="../comp/gb/gb+en">gb</a>.<a href="../comp/gb/gb/quarter+en">Quarter</a></tt>
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Adds quarters.
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<tt><a href="../comp/gb/gb+en">gb</a>.<a href="../comp/gb/gb/year+en">Year</a></tt>
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Adds years.
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<div class="gray"><font size="-2"><b>Example</b></font></div>
<pre class="example">date1 = Date(1972, 09, 06, 1, 45, 0)
date2 = DateAdd(date1, gb.Minute, 45)
PRINT date1, date2
<hr>06.09.1972 01:45:00	06.09.1972 02:30:00</pre>
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<hr><b>See also</b><br>
<a href="../cat/time+en">Date &amp; Time Functions</a>&nbsp;

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