addDays(date, days) Last updated: 30. May 2026

Adding a number of days (positive or negative value) to a specified date.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
date	datetime	Date object on which to add days to.
days	number	How many days to add to specified date.

Returns

A modified date, does not modify input date.

Example

Code example (#JS)

#JS is mixed HTML (or other text file) with inline JavaScript with # starting and ending each inline statement.

#{
    var before = new Date(); // Create new date object
    var after = docly.addDays(before, 5.2); // Add 5.2 days
}#
<b>Before:</b> #docly.format(before, "dd. MMM yyyy HH:mm")#<br>
<b>After:</b> #docly.format(after, "dd. MMM yyyy HH:mm")#

Output

The #JS code above produces the output shown below:

<b>Before:</b> 05. Jun 2026 20:50<br>
<b>After:</b> 11. Jun 2026 01:38