Problem with Dates - Mailing list pgsql-sql

I am using 7.0.3,
I have a column tstamp defined to be 'date';

With a current value of '31-12-2000',
if I update tstamp=tstamp+'1 year'::timespan
I get '1-1-2002'

Is this what is supposed to occur.
If this isn't the right way to do this, how should it be done ?

Thanks
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