# GetDateComponents (DateWithOffset)
| **Name** | ***GetDateComponents*** |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Syntax | GetDateComponents (DateTimeWithOffset dateTime) |
| Purpose | To return a structure providing individual date components. |
| Description | Gets a structure representing individual date components. |
| Return Type | DateComponents |
| Parameters | dateTime \[System.DateTimeOffset] – Date time for which components are required |
**Example**
We have an *Orders* dataset with the *OrderDate* field.
In this example, we will pass this field to the function transformation object to get the date components.
**Note:** The *GetDateComponents (DateTimeWithOffset dateTime)* function differs from the *GetDateComponents(Date dateTime)* function as it includes a Timezone Offset value. The Offset value is the number of hours or minutes a time zone is ahead of or behind GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
Right-click on the function transformation object and select *Preview Output.* In the output, you can see that each date from the *OrderDate* field has been separated in the different date components.
