# AddHours (DateTime) | **Name** | ***AddHours*** | | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Syntax | AddHours (Date date, Integer hours) | | Purpose | To return the date and time after adding the number of hours. | | Description | Adds or subtracts number of hours to/from the specified datetime value. | | Return Type | DateTime | | Parameters |

date \[System.DateTime] – Date to which hours should be added

hours \[System.Int64] – Number of hours to be added. To subtract, use negative hours.

| ![](https://3083465318-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FsR50Wa7EwZGlmPSAMkkf%2Fuploads%2F0D9VwCVfGmFrg1o9KpyY%2F0.png?alt=media) **Example** In this example, we will pass a date time value, and an integer value (indicating hours to be added or subtracted) to the function transformation object using a *Variables* object. Where, *date* = 01-01-2022 01:00:00 *hours* = 5
In the output window, you can see that the provided integer value, indicating the number of hours, has been added to the given date time value.