Standards for Date/Time addition?

Question

I\'m looking for standards for Date/Time addition. I haven\'t been able to find any. In particular I\'m hoping to find a spec that defines what should happen when you add a mont

Answer 1

In the .NET framework the behavior of System.DateTime.AddMonths is as follows:

The AddMonths method calculates the resulting month and year, taking into account leap years and the number of days in a month, then adjusts the day part of the resulting DateTime object. If the resulting day is not a valid day in the resulting month, the last valid day of the resulting month is used. For example, March 31st + 1 month = April 30th [rather than April 31st].

I've tested how it works exactly:

Console.WriteLine(new DateTime(2008,2,27).AddMonths(1));
Console.WriteLine(new DateTime(2008,2,28).AddMonths(1));
Console.WriteLine(new DateTime(2008,2,29).AddMonths(1));
Console.WriteLine(new DateTime(2011,2,27).AddMonths(1));
Console.WriteLine(new DateTime(2011,2,28).AddMonths(1));
Console.WriteLine(new DateTime(2008,1,30).AddMonths(1));
Console.WriteLine(new DateTime(2008,1,31).AddMonths(1));
Console.WriteLine(new DateTime(2011,1,30).AddMonths(1));
Console.WriteLine(new DateTime(2011,1,31).AddMonths(1));
/* output
3/27/2008 12:00:00 AM
3/28/2008 12:00:00 AM
3/29/2008 12:00:00 AM
3/27/2011 12:00:00 AM
3/28/2011 12:00:00 AM
2/29/2008 12:00:00 AM
2/29/2008 12:00:00 AM
2/28/2011 12:00:00 AM
2/28/2011 12:00:00 AM
    */