+ Date addition operator

Adds a number of days to a date, producing a date result.

Syntax

date + days
date
An expression that evaluates to a DATE value.
days
An expression with a value of the number of days you want to add to a date.

Example

The r-dadd.p procedure finds all unshipped orders that are at least one week overdue. If the order is not shipped and the promised date is more than seven days ago, the procedure finds the record for the customer who placed the order and displays the order and customer data.

r-dadd.p

DISPLAY "ORDERS SCHEDULED TO SHIP MORE THAN ONE WEEK LATE".
FOR EACH Order NO-LOCK WHERE Order.ShipDate = ?:
  IF TODAY > (Order.PromiseDate + 7) THEN DO:
    FIND Customer OF Order NO-LOCK.
    DISPLAY Order.OrderNum Order.CustNum Customer.Name Order.PromiseDate
      Customer.Terms.
  END.
END.

Notes

See also

- Date subtraction operator, + Datetime addition operator, ADD-INTERVAL function, DATE function