diff --git a/apps/templates/__init__.py b/apps/templates/__init__.py
index bbd22c2034..32718411f9 100644
--- a/apps/templates/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/templates/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from .content_templates import ContentTemplatesApplyResource, ContentTemplatesApplyService
 from .content_templates import create_scheduled_content  # noqa
 from .content_templates import create_template_for_profile
-from .filters import format_datetime_filter, first_paragraph_filter, iso_datetime
+from .filters import format_datetime_filter, first_paragraph_filter, iso_datetime, add_timedelta
 from flask_babel import lazy_gettext
 
 
@@ -42,5 +42,6 @@ def init_app(app) -> None:
     register_jinja_filter("first_paragraph", first_paragraph_filter)
     register_jinja_filter("get_text", get_text)
     register_jinja_filter("iso_datetime", iso_datetime)
+    register_jinja_filter("add_timedelta", add_timedelta)
 
     app.on_inserted_content_types += create_template_for_profile
diff --git a/apps/templates/filters.py b/apps/templates/filters.py
index 3a43401054..35ac7c9817 100644
--- a/apps/templates/filters.py
+++ b/apps/templates/filters.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from superdesk import config
 from superdesk.etree import parse_html
 from lxml import etree
+from datetime import timedelta
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -62,6 +63,13 @@ def first_paragraph_filter(input_string):
     return ""
 
 
+def add_timedelta(date, **kwargs):
+    try:
+        return date + timedelta(**kwargs)
+    except Exception:
+        logger.warning("Failed to add minutes in Datetime - {}".format(date))
+
+
 def iso_datetime(date):
     try:
         return date.isoformat()
diff --git a/tests/templates/filters_test.py b/tests/templates/filters_test.py
index 44bb1bb66b..d24600b7e6 100644
--- a/tests/templates/filters_test.py
+++ b/tests/templates/filters_test.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 # at https://www.sourcefabric.org/superdesk/license
 
 from flask import render_template_string
-
 from superdesk.tests import TestCase
+import datetime
 
 
 class ConvertDatetimeFiltersTest(TestCase):
@@ -79,3 +79,15 @@ def test_get_first_paragraph_doesnt_fail_with_empty_body(self):
         item = {"headline": "Sample headline"}
         result = render_template_string(template_string, item=item)
         self.assertEqual(result, "")
+
+    def test_add_timedelta(self):
+        template_string = "{{ item.datetime | add_timedelta(minutes=45)}}"
+        item = {"datetime": datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 1, 22, 54, 53)}
+        result = render_template_string(template_string, item=item)
+        self.assertEqual(result, "2021-01-01 23:39:53")
+
+    def test_iso_datetime(self):
+        template_string = "{{ item.datetime | iso_datetime()}}"
+        item = {"datetime": datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 1, 22, 54, 53)}
+        result = render_template_string(template_string, item=item)
+        self.assertEqual(result, "2021-01-01T22:54:53")