date+

Name

date+ -- Compute a new date relative to a given date.

Type: function

Synopsis

date+( date days, new-date);

Arguments

date

An instance of <date>

days

An instance of <fixnum>

Return Values

new-date

An instance of <date>

Description

This function returns the date which is days away from the given date. If days is negative, then a preceding date is returned.

(define t (ymd->date 1997 9 14))

(date+ t 3) 1997.09.17

(date+ t -14) 1997.08.31