MySQL add days to a date

Question

I have a table in MySQL. What would be the sql statement look like to add say 2 days to the current date value in the table?

UPDATE classes 
SET 
date = date         


        

Answer 1

You can leave date_add function.

UPDATE `table` 
SET `yourdatefield` = `yourdatefield` + INTERVAL 2 DAY
WHERE ...