>I need to programatically alter a date value, adding to the month number.
>If datex={12/12/2002} and I do datex=datex+3 then datex={15/12/2002}
>(I've got date set to British.)
>Does anyone know if there is an equally easy way to add to the month number or do I have to mess about converting the date to characters and isolating the month digits.

hi,

1st.
Have a look at month(), date(), goMonth()

goMonth({^2002-12-12}, 3) will be {^2003-03-12}

2nd.
Start using "safe" W2K compliant dates. that is
{^2002-12-12} where {^YYYY-MM-DD}

HTH