# AddMinutes (DateTime)

| **Name**    | ***AddMinutes***                                                                                                                                                        |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Syntax      | AddMinutes (Date date, Integer minutes)                                                                                                                                 |
| Purpose     | To return the date and time after adding/suctracting minutes.                                                                                                           |
| Description | Adds or subtracts minutes to/from the specified datetime value.                                                                                                         |
| Return Type | DateTime                                                                                                                                                                |
| Parameters  | <p>date \[System.DateTime] – Date to which minutes should be added</p><p>minutes \[System.Int64] – Number of minutes to be added. To subtract, use negative minutes</p> |

![](https://3083465318-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FsR50Wa7EwZGlmPSAMkkf%2Fuploads%2F0LlxYwMFR85NQypZQV2u%2F0.png?alt=media)

**Example**

In this example, we will pass a date time value, and an integer value (indicating minutes to be added or subtracted) to the function transformation object using a *Variables* object.

Where,

*date* = 01-01-2022 01:30:00

*minutes* = 20

![](https://3083465318-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FsR50Wa7EwZGlmPSAMkkf%2Fuploads%2FS2wFK8u2N21aklLTnGnH%2F1.png?alt=media)

In the output window, you can see that the provided integer value, indicating minutes, has been added to the given date time value.

![](https://3083465318-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FsR50Wa7EwZGlmPSAMkkf%2Fuploads%2FFBotnmnHyjI9LTpem6Bn%2F2.png?alt=media)