DATE_SUB

Subtract 10 days from a given date and provide the resulting date.

SELECT DATE_SUB(“2017-06-15”, INTERVAL 10 DAY);

Definition and Usage

The DATE_SUB() function in SQL subtracts a specified time or date interval from a given date and returns the resulting date.

DATE_SUB(date, INTERVAL value interval)

Parameter	Description
Date	Necessary. Specify the date for modification.
value	Necessary. Specify the value of the time/date interval for subtraction. Positive and negative values are both accepted.
interval	Mandatory. Specify the type of interval to subtract. Accepted values include: MICROSECOND SECOND MINUTE HOUR DAY WEEK MONTH QUARTER YEAR SECOND_MICROSECOND MINUTE_MICROSECOND MINUTE_SECOND HOUR_MICROSECOND HOUR_SECOND HOUR_MINUTE DAY_MICROSECOND DAY_SECOND DAY_MINUTE DAY_HOUR YEAR_MONTH

Works in:

From MySQL version 4.0

Subtract 15 minutes from the given date and provide the resulting date.

SELECT DATE_SUB(“2017-06-15 09:34:21”, INTERVAL 15 MINUTE);

Subtract 3 hours from the specified date and return the resulting date.

SELECT DATE_SUB(“2017-06-15 09:34:21”, INTERVAL 3 HOUR);

Add 2 months to the given date and return the resulting date.

SELECT DATE_SUB(“2017-06-15”, INTERVAL –2 MONTH);