How Add or subtract dates works
Add or subtract from a date lets you shift any calendar date forward or backward by any combination of years, months, weeks and days, and shows the resulting date instantly. It is the everyday tool for deadline calculation, contract terms, expiry dates and scheduling ("what date is 90 days from today?").
Unlike Date difference, which measures the gap between two known dates, this tool starts from one date and applies an offset to find the other end. It follows calendar-month logic when you add months and exact day counts when you add days, so adding one month to 31 January gives 28 or 29 February rather than 2 March.