description Date Arithmetic Limitations title Date Arithmetic Limitations | Microsoft Docs ms.custom ms.date 01/19/2017 ms.prod sql ms.prod_service connectivity ms.reviewer ms.technology connectivity ms.topic reference helpviewer_keywords ODBC desktop database drivers [ODBC] desktop database drivers [ODBC] ms.assetid 4ae40066-5911-4d32-937a-040bacc853ec author David-Engel ms.author v-davidengel Date Arithmetic Limitations Date arithmetic is not supported for subtracting a DATE data type from a DATE data type.