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add_months

Returns the date that is months months after start. If months is a negative value then these amount of months will be deducted from the start.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see add_months function.

Syntax

from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.add_months(start=<start>, months=<months>)

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
start pyspark.sql.Column or str date column to work on.
months pyspark.sql.Column or str or int how many months after the given date to calculate. Accepts negative value as well to calculate backwards.

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: a date after/before given number of months.

Examples

from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.createDataFrame([('2015-04-08', 2,)], 'struct<dt:string,a:int>')
df.select('*', dbf.add_months(df.dt, 1)).show()
df.select('*', dbf.add_months('dt', 'a')).show()
df.select('*', dbf.add_months('dt', dbf.lit(-1))).show()