The AFTER function returns the value of a date, time or timestamp after adding a specified number of days, months, years, minutes, hours and/or seconds to a source date, time or timestamp.
Category
Date / Time
AFTER(<date> | <time> | <timestamp>, ['nYY], [nMM], [nDD], [nHH], [nMI], [nSS]' )
Parameter | Description |
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date |
This parameter specifies a source date in YYYYMMDD format. |
time |
This parameter specifies a source time in HHMMSS format or the source timestamp in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format. |
timestamp |
This parameter specifies a timestamp in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format.
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Example 1
Add 5 years, 3 months and 2 days to the date 11/27/2012 and map the result to field NEWDATE
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NEWDATE = AFTER (20121127, '5YY', '3MM', '2DD')
Returns a date value of 20180301 and maps the result to the target field.
Example 2
Add 3 days to date 12/31/2011 and map the result to field NEWDATE
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NEWDATE = AFTER (20001231, '3DD')
Returns the value of 20120103.