Oracle/PLSQL: Add_Months Function
In Oracle/PLSQL, the add_months function returns a date plus n months.
Syntax
The syntax for the add_months function is:
add_months( date1, n )
date1 is the starting date (before the n months have been added).
n is the number of months to add to date1.
Applies To
- Oracle 11g, Oracle 10g, Oracle 9i, Oracle 8i
For Example
| add_months('01-Aug-03', 3) | would return '01-Nov-03' |
| add_months('01-Aug-03', -3) | would return '01-May-03' |
| add_months('21-Aug-03', -3) | would return '21-May-03' |
| add_months('31-Jan-03', 1) | would return '28-Feb-03' |