Restriction: This topic applies to Windows environments only.
If a date-time value is the operand of addition, the other operand must be a duration. The rules for subtracting are different because a date-time value cannot be subtracted from a duration, and subtracting two date-time values differs from subtracting a duration from a date-time value. The rules for date-time arithmetic are shown in the following table.
Addition Rules
| If one operand is a...
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...the other operand must be a...
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| Date
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- Date Duration
- Labeled Duration of years, months or days
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| Time
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- Time Duration
- Labeled Duration of hours, minutes or seconds
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| Timestamp
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- Timestamp Duration
- Labeled Duration of years, months, days, hours, minutes or seconds
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Subtraction Rules
| If the FIRST operand is a...
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...the SECOND operand must be a...
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| Date
|
- Date
- Date Duration
- String representation of a date
- Labeled duration of years, months or days
|
| Time
|
- Time
- Time Duration
- String representation of a time
- Labeled duration of hours, minutes or seconds
|
| Timestamp
|
- Timestamp
- Timestamp Duration
- Date Duration
- Time Duration
- String representation of a timestamp
- Labeled duration of years, months, days, hours, minutes or seconds
|
| If the SECOND operand is a...
|
...the FIRST operand must be a...
|
| Date
|
- Date
- String representation of a date
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| Time
|
- Time
- String representation of a time
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| Timestamp
|
- Timestamp
- String representation of a timestamp
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More:
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Subtracting Dates
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Incrementing and Decrementing Dates
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Subtracting Times
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Incrementing and Decrementing Times
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Subtracting Timestamps
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Incrementing and Decrementing Timestamps
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Examples: Date/Time Arithmetic
