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Purpose

Date operators


Syntax

<expression1> operator <expression2>[ operator <expression3>…]


See Also

INSERT, SQL OPERATORS, SELECT, UPDATE


Description

Operators used with Date expressions and Date/Numeric expressions:


Operator Expression1 Expression2 Operation
+ Date Numeric Adds the <expression2> number of days to the date and returns a date
- Date Numeric Subtracts the <expression2> number of days from the date and returns a date
- Date Date Returns a numeric signifying the number of days between the two dates. If <expression2> is later, a negative number is returned


Example

SELECT account_no, ord_date – rec_date as "Delivery Delay";
FROM accounts;
ORDER BY account_no


Products

Recital, Recital Server