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ADDMONTH()
Adds or subtracts months to/from a date
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Syntax
ADDMONTH([<dDate>], [<nMonth>]) --> dNewDate
Arguments
<dDate> Designates the date to which the <nMonth> months is added.
The default is the system date.
<nMonth> Designates the number of months to add to <dDate>.
Returns
ADDMONTH() returns the new date after <nMonth> is added to <dDate>.
Description
Use this function to calculate payment due dates based on an invoice
date and for similar applications. It permits you to add months to a
given date. If you use a negative number, months are subtracted.
Note
. An empty date parameter will result in an empty date.
Examples
* Show today's date, plus 36 months:
? "The payment period ends on: ", ADDMONTH(36)
* Today plus 7 month:
? "AddMonth( 7 ) :", AddMonth( 7 )
* Date of last day of 7 month after :
? "EOM( AddMonth( 7 ) ) :", EOM( AddMonth( 7 ) )
* Dates of next year:
dDate := CTOD( "12.12.2012" )
? "Last day of one month after", dDate, ":", EOM( AddMonth( dDate, 1 ) )
? "Last day of two month after", dDate, ":", EOM( AddMonth( dDate, 2 ) )
* Month before
? "Date of two month before", dDate, ":", AddMonth( dDate, -2 )
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