AddDaysToDate (open)

Adds a number of days to a date, and returns the new timestamp

Syntax

LOADLIB "wh::datetime.whlib";

DATETIME FUNCTION AddDaysToDate(INTEGER add_days, DATETIME date)

Parameters

INTEGER add_days

The number of days to add to the timestamp. This value can also be negative.

DATETIME date

The timestamp to add the days to

Return value

DATETIME

A DateTime value representing @italic date to which @italic add_days has been added

Description

This function can for example be useful to calculate expiration dates of documents or users.

Examples

// Add 20 days to the current date
INTEGER extradays := 20;
DATETIME newdate := AddDaysToDate(extradays, GetCurrentDateTime());