.. _functx_add-months:

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functx:add-months
================= 

Adds months to a date

Description
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   * - **Parameters**
     - **Description**
   * - date:date()
     - the date
   * - months:integer()
     - the number of months to add

Examples
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - functx:add-months(xs:date('2004-01-23'),1)
     - 2004-02-23
   * - functx:add-months(xs:dateTime('2005-12-31T12:00:13'),2)
     - 2006-02-28
   * - functx:add-months('2005-12-31',-3)
     - 2005-09-30

Depends On
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* :ref:`functx_yearMonthDuration`.

See Also
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* :ref:`functx_next-day`.