date_add_number()

Purpose

Add a number of days to a date

Old name

#define date_plus_number date_add_number

Syntax

datetype* date_add_number(date, number)

Parameters

datetype* date

Pointer to the date to use

long number

The number of days to add

Description

The date_add_number() function adds the number of days given in the parameter number to the parameter date specified and calculates the resulting date. The date pointed to by the parameter date is unaltered.

This function is implemented as:

number_to_date(date_to_number(date) + number);

Return values

Returns pointer to new date

Example

app_start_date = *date_add_number(app_start_date,7);