easy way to add 1 month to a time_t in C/C++

Question

I have some code that uses the Oracle function add_months to increment a Date by X number of months.

I now need to re-implement the same logic in a C / C++ function.

Answer 1

Really new answer to a really old question!

Using this free and open source library, and a C++14 compiler (such as clang) I can now write this:

#include "date.h"

constexpr
date::year_month_day
add(date::year_month_day ymd, date::months m) noexcept
{
    using namespace date;
    auto was_last = ymd == ymd.year()/ymd.month()/last;
    ymd = ymd + m;
    if (!ymd.ok() || was_last)
        ymd = ymd.year()/ymd.month()/last;
    return ymd;
}

int
main()
{
    using namespace date;
    static_assert(add(30_d/01/2009, months{ 1}) == 28_d/02/2009, "");
    static_assert(add(31_d/01/2009, months{ 1}) == 28_d/02/2009, "");
    static_assert(add(27_d/02/2009, months{ 1}) == 27_d/03/2009, "");
    static_assert(add(28_d/02/2009, months{ 1}) == 31_d/03/2009, "");
    static_assert(add(31_d/01/2009, months{50}) == 31_d/03/2013, "");
}

And it compiles.

Note the remarkable similarity between the actual code, and the OP's pseudo-code:

30/01/2009 + 1 month = 28/02/2009
31/01/2009 + 1 month = 28/02/2009
27/02/2009 + 1 month = 27/03/2009
28/02/2009 + 1 month = 31/03/2009
31/01/2009 + 50 months = 31/03/2013

Also note that compile-time information in leads to compile-time information out.