Term: ADD_MONTHS

Definition:
The Oracle function ADD_MONTHS returns a date with a given number of months added that you specify.

Example Usage::

ADD_MONTHS ( startdate, n )

'startdate' is the starting date (before the 'n' months have been added).

'n' is the number of months to add to 'startdate'.

To add 4 months to the date '2010-05-10', do this:

ADD_MONTHS ('2010-05-10', 4)

Related Links:

Oracle/PLSQL Date Functions

Related Code Snippets:

Date Functions: Add Months - The add_months function returns a date plus n months.
Date Functions: ADD_MONTHS - Add a month or months to a given date.