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Changing Date Values

DATE_ADD() and DATE_SUB() add and subtract time to a date. Syntax: DATE_ADD(date,INTERVAL expr type) DATE_SUB(date,INTERVAL expr type) The date - is a standard DATE or DATETIME value. INTERVAL is followed by the time period (expr). Finally what type period it is (Month, Day, Year etc). mysql> mysql> SELECT DATE_ADD(CURDATE(), INTERVAL 60 DAY); +--------------------------------------+ | DATE_ADD(CURDATE(), INTERVAL 60 DAY) | +--------------------------------------+ | 2007-09-19                           | +--------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql>