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+---
+title: .AddDate
+description: Returns the time corresponding to adding the given number of years, months, and days to the given time.Time value.
+categories: [functions]
+menu:
+ docs:
+ parent: functions
+keywords: [dates,time]
+signature: [".AddDate YEARS MONTHS DAYS"]
+relatedfuncs: [now]
+---
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ $d := "2022-01-01" | time.AsTime }}
+
+{{ $d.AddDate 0 0 1 | time.Format "2006-01-02" }} → 2022-01-02
+{{ $d.AddDate 0 1 1 | time.Format "2006-01-02" }} → 2022-02-02
+{{ $d.AddDate 1 1 1 | time.Format "2006-01-02" }} → 2023-02-02
+
+{{ $d.AddDate -1 -1 -1 | time.Format "2006-01-02" }} → 2020-11-30
+```
+
+{{% note %}}
+When adding months or years, Hugo normalizes the final `time.Time` value if the resulting day does not exist. For example, adding one month to 31 January produces 2 March or 3 March, depending on the year.
+
+See [this explanation](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/31145#issuecomment-479067967) from the Go team.
+{{% /note %}}
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ $d := "2023-01-31" | time.AsTime }}
+{{ $d.AddDate 0 1 0 | time.Format "2006-01-02" }} → 2023-03-03
+
+{{ $d := "2024-01-31" | time.AsTime }}
+{{ $d.AddDate 0 1 0 | time.Format "2006-01-02" }} → 2024-03-02
+
+{{ $d := "2024-02-29" | time.AsTime }}
+{{ $d.AddDate 1 0 0 | time.Format "2006-01-02" }} → 2025-03-01
+```