How to add months to a date (datetime object)?

[John Machin]

On Mar 16, 3:08 pm, a... at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote:
> In article <roy-C75465.16270015032... at news.panix.com>,
> Roy Smith  <r... at panix.com> wrote:
>
> >In article <mailman.1915.1237140862.11746.python-l... at python.org>,
> > Chris Rebert <c... at rebertia.com> wrote:
>
> >> Besides your behavior, one could equally well argue that a 31st repeat
> >> on months without a 31st should just be dropped, or that it should
> >> carry over onto the 1st of the next month (ignoring the complications
> >> of February). Which behavior one needs is completely
> >> context-dependent.
>
> >Indeed.  For example, my wife started her current job on a Feb 29th.  There
> >are significant financial events that happen on various anniversaries of
> >her employment (vesting of stock and retirement benefits).  It really is
> >important that everybody know exactly what is meant by "10 years from Feb
> >29th, on a given year", and what it means in one context may not mean what
> >it means in another.
>
> Because I'm well-aware of such issues, I would have asked to make my
> official start date March 1.  ;-)

Which means that any goodies accruing after 4, 8, etc years are
granted on 1 March instead of the (obvious?) 29 February.

What you want is an agreement that the anniversary of commencement in
any year is the last day of February.