timestampadd.md

description
Add (or subtract) an interval of time from a date/timestamp value or column.

TIMESTAMPADD

Syntax

TIMESTAMPADD(unit symbol, count integer, givenTime date or timestamp) → date or timestamp

• unit: The unit of the interval. Must be one of the following: YEAR, QUARTER, MONTH, WEEK, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND.
• count: Number of units to be added (or subtracted) from givenTime. To subtract units, pass a negative number.
• givenTime: Value to which to add units (either a database column in DATE or TIMESTAMP format, or literal value explicitly converted to DATE or TIMESTAMP).

Examples

{% code title="TIMESTAMPADD example" %}

SELECT TIMESTAMPADD(DAY, 1, DATE '2021-04-01')
-- 2021-04-02

{% endcode %}

{% code title="TIMESTAMPADD example" %}

SELECT TIMESTAMPADD(HOUR, -2, TIMESTAMP '2021-04-01 17:14:32')
-- 2021-04-01 15:14:32

{% endcode %}

{% code title="Get TIMESTAMP as of 30 mins ago" %}

SELECT TIMESTAMPADD(MINUTE, -30, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)
-- 2023-04-13 16:51:27.467

{% endcode %}

{% code title="Get TIMESTAMP in 3 seconds" %}

SELECT TIMESTAMPADD(SECOND, 3, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)
-- 2023-04-13 17:24:15.446

{% endcode %}