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Operators with Dates and Times

You can use several of the operators with dates and times as summarized here:

Operator

Type of Operation

Result

Plus

+ TimeSpan

TimeSpan

Negate

- TimeSpan

TimeSpan

Add

DateTime + TimeSpan

DateTime

Add

TimeSpan + DateTime

DateTime

Add

TimeSpan + TimeSpan

TimeSpan

Subtract

DateTime - DateTime

TimeSpan

Subtract

DateTime - TimeSpan

DateTime

Subtract

TimeSpan - TimeSpan

DateTime

The same order of precedence applies, including the use of parentheses, as described in Order of Precedence.


If a DateTime or TimeSpan calculation results in an exception (for example, an OverflowException), the operator returns the #NUM! error.