>I want to add a certain number of days to a date. Both "the date"
>and date() returns strings which makes it quite complex to create a
>"date calculator of Your own.
To get this date as a Date type, you want to use the systemdate, not date():
put the systemdate
-- date( 2000, 9, 13 )
and then calculate dates by using a date type, not a string:
put date(2000,9,13)+5
-- date( 2000, 9, 18 )
put date(2000,9,13)+20
-- date( 2000, 10, 3 )
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