MySQL add days to a date

March 9, 2023 by Tarik

Assuming your field is a date type (or similar):

SELECT DATE_ADD(`your_field_name`, INTERVAL 2 DAY) 
FROM `table_name`;

With the example you’ve provided it could look like this:

UPDATE classes 
SET `date` = DATE_ADD(`date` , INTERVAL 2 DAY)
WHERE `id` = 161;

This approach works with datetime , too.