In order to advance a date by a month a counter was used with the date function as the func always uses the current date. The console indicates the count is accurate ( 1,2,3,4,etc.) but for a reason I can't fantom the date advances at greater rate than month + count.
// Button action
//count = 1, starting month Date()
var d = Date(startmonthText.text,"yyyy-MM-dd","EST");
var dd = d.dateByAddingMonths(count);
startmonthText.text = dd.format("yyyy-MM-dd","EST");
count += 1;

Any direction is appreciated.

Again after hitting send got it - count is adding new date .