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addMonth()

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Overview

The addMonth() function takes dateTimeValue and numberOfMonths as arguments. It returns the dateTimeValue after adding the specified number of months to it.

The date-time value will be returned in the format specified in Application Settings.

Return Type

  • Date-Time

Syntax

<variable>=<dateTimeValue>.addMonth(<numberOfMonths>);

(OR)

<variable>=addMonth(<dateTimeValue>, <numberOfMonths>);
ParameterDescriptionData type
<variable>Variable which will contain the returned date-time value.NUMBER
<dateTimeValue>

The date-time value to which the specified number of months will be added.

The date-time value can be specified without a time value, in which case 00:00:00 will be taken as the default time value.

If the hour value is specified as 24 or more, the date-time value be reset to 00:00:00. If the minutes value is specified as 60 or more, the mm:ss value will be reset to 00:00, if the seconds value is specified as 60 or more, the ss value will be reset to 00.

A runtime error will be encountered if:

  • the hour value, or minute value, or second value, is specified in more than 2 digits.
  • the date value exceeds the number of days in that month.
  • an incorrect month value is specified.
  • the year value has more than 4 digits.

Refer this help document to learn about the supported date-time formats.

DATE-TIME
<numberOfMonths>

The number of months to be added to dateTimeValue. .

A negative number will subtract the specified number of months from dateTimeValue.

NUMBER

Examples

currentDate = '01-Jan-2019';
currentDateTime = '01-Jan-2019 15:00:00';
newDate = currentDate.addMonth(11);                                  // returns '01-Dec-2019 00:00:00'
newDateTime = currentDateTime.addMonth(13);                   // returns '01-Feb-2020 15:00:00'

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