Add year(s) with a given date and display the new dateΒΆ

Add year(s) with a given date and display the new date.
Sample Data :
(addYears is the user defined function name)
print(addYears(datetime.date(2015,1,1), -1))
print(addYears(datetime.date(2015,1,1), 0))
print(addYears(datetime.date(2015,1,1), 2))
print(addYears(datetime.date(2000,2,29),1))
Expected output:
2014-01-01
2015-01-01
2017-01-01
2001-03-01
import datetime

from datetime import date

def addYears(d, years):
    try:
        #Return same day of the current year
        return d.replace(year = d.year + years)
    except ValueError:
        # If not same day, it will return other,
        # i.e. February 29 to March 1 etc.
        return d + (date(d.year + years, 1, 1) - date(d.year, 1, 1))

print(addYears(datetime.date(2015,1,1), -1))
print(addYears(datetime.date(2015,1,1), 0))
print(addYears(datetime.date(2015,1,1), 2))
print(addYears(datetime.date(2000,2,29),1))

Output:

2014-01-01
2015-01-01
2017-01-01
2001-03-01