ADD_MONTHS

Syntax

add_months::=

Text description of add_months

Purpose

ADD_MONTHS returns the date d plus n months. The argument n can be any integer. If d is the last day of the month or if the resulting month has fewer days than the day component of d, then the result is the last day of the resulting month. Otherwise, the result has the same day component as d.

Examples

The following example returns the month after the hire_date in the sample table employees:

SELECT TO_CHAR(
     ADD_MONTHS(hire_date,1),
     'DD-MON-YYYY') "Next month"
     FROM employees 
     WHERE last_name = 'Baer';

Next Month
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07-JUL-1994