---
title: AddDate
description: Returns the time corresponding to adding the given number of years, months, and days to the given time.Time value.
categories: []
keywords: []
params:
  functions_and_methods:
    returnType: time.Time
    signatures: [TIME.AddDate YEARS MONTHS DAYS]
aliases: [/functions/adddate]
---

```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][] from the Go team.

```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
```

[this explanation]: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/31145#issuecomment-479067967
