Such kind of calculations can cause unpredictable result because when the date is represented as MySQL string then MySQL tries to perform numeric operations on a string by taking only the first that appears. Following examples will clarify it −
mysql> select '2017-10-17' + 20; +-------------------+ | '2017-10-17' + 20 | +-------------------+ | 2037 | +-------------------+ 1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec) mysql> select '2017-10-25' - 17; +-------------------+ | '2017-10-25' - 17 | +-------------------+ | 2000 | +-------------------+ 1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec) mysql> select '2017-10-17' * 2; +-------------------+ | '2017-10-17' * 20 | +-------------------+ | 4034 | +-------------------+ 1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec) mysql> select '2017-05-25'/5; +----------------+ | '2017-05-25'/5 | +----------------+ | 403.4 | +----------------+ 1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec)