AY) | +----------------------------------------+ | 2007-12-02 | +----------------------------------------+ SELECT SUBDATE('2008-01-02 12:00:00', 31); +------------------------------------+ | SUBDATE('2008-01-02 12:00:00', 31) | +------------------------------------+ | 2007-12-02 12:00:00 | +------------------------------------+ CREATE TABLE t1 (d DATETIME); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ("2007-01-30 21:31:07"), ("1983-10-15 06:42:51"), ("2011-04-21 12:34:56"), ("2011-10-30 06:31:41"), ("2011-01-30 14:03:25"), ("2004-10-07 11:19:34"); SELECT d, SUBDATE(d, 10) from t1; +---------------------+---------------------+ | d | SUBDATE(d, 10) | +---------------------+---------------------+ | 2007-01-30 21:31:07 | 2007-01-20 21:31:07 | | 1983-10-15 06:42:51 | 1983-10-05 06:42:51 | | 2011-04-21 12:34:56 | 2011-04-11 12:34:56 | | 2011-10-30 06:31:41 | 2011-10-20 06:31:41 | | 2011-01-30 14:03:25 | 2011-01-20 14:03:25 | | 2004-10-07 11:19:34 | 2004-09-27 11:19:34 | +---------------------+---------------------+ SELECT d, SUBDATE(d, INTERVAL 10 MINUTE) from t1; +---------------------+--------------------------------+ | d | SUBDATE(d, INTERVAL 10 MINUTE) | +---------------------+--------------------------------+ | 2007-01-30 21:31:07 | 2007-01-30 21:21:07 | | 1983-10-15 06:42:51 | 1983-10-15 06:32:51 | | 2011-04-21 12:34:56 | 2011-04-21 12:24:56 | | 2011-10-30 06:31:41 | 2011-10-30 06:21:41 | | 2011-01-30 14:03:25 | 2011-01-30 13:53:25 | | 2004-10-07 11:19:34 | 2004-10-07 11:09:34 | +---------------------+--------------------------------+ URL: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/subdate/https://mariadb.com/kb/en/subdate/