# DateAdd()

Adds a specified time value to a date.

## Availability

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>Marketing Cloud Engagement</td>
    <td>✅ Yes</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Marketing Cloud Next</td>
    <td>✅ Yes</td>
  </tr>
</table>

This function became available in Marketing Cloud Next during the Summer ’26 release (API version 67.0).

## Syntax

```
DateAdd(date, amountToAdd, unitToAdd)
```

The `DateAdd()` function has three parameters:

- `date` (date): Required. The date to add a time value to.
- `amountToAdd` (number): Required. The time value to add to the date.
- `unitToAdd` (string): Required. The unit of the time value being added to the date. Accepted values: `Y` (years), `M` (months), `D` (days), `H` (hours), and `MI` (minutes).

## Usage

This example adds one day to the current timestamp. For the purpose of illustration, the example assumes that the current timestamp is 2023-08-05T13:41:23Z.

```
%%[
  Var @now, @later
  Set @now = Now()
  Set @later = DateAdd(@now, '1','D')
]%%
<p>The date and time one day from now will be %%=v(@later)=%%.</p>
```

The example outputs the timestamp for the specified date.

```
The date and time one day from now will be 8/6/2023 1:41:23 PM.
```