addtodate

Add a quantity to a date.

Syntax

R = addtodate(D, Q, F)

Description

Returns the serial date number D plus Q units of the time unit F — 'year', 'month', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', 'second', or 'millisecond'.

Examples

next_month = addtodate(now, 1, 'month')
in_an_hour = addtodate(now, 1, 'hour')

See also

• now — Current date and time as a serial date-time number.
• datevec — Convert a date to a 6-element date vector.