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MS Excel: DATEADD Function (VBA)

In Microsoft Excel, the DATEADD function returns a date after which a certain time/date interval has been added.

Syntax

The syntax for the DATEADD function is:

DateAdd ( interval, number, date )

interval is the time/date interval that you wish to add. It can be one of the following values:

Value Explanation
yyyy Year
q Quarter
m Month
y Day of the year
d Day
w Weekday
ww Week
h Hour
n Minute
s Second

number is the number of intervals that you wish to add.

date is the date to which the interval should be added.

Applies To

Type of Function

VBA Function Example

The DATEADD function can only be used in VBA code. Here are some examples of what the DATEADD function would return:

DateAdd("yyyy", 3, "22/11/2003") would return '22/11/2006'
DateAdd("q", 2, "22/11/2003") would return '22/05/2004'
DateAdd("m", 5, "22/11/2003") would return '22/04/2004'
DateAdd("n", 51, "22/11/2003 10:31:58 AM") would return '22/11/2003 11:22:58 AM'
DateAdd("yyyy", -1, "22/11/2003") would return '22/11/2002'

For example:

Dim LDate As Date

LDate = DateAdd("s", 53, "22/11/2003 10:31:58 AM")

In this example, the variable called LDate would now contain the value of '22/11/2003 10:32:51 AM'.