# AddSeconds (DateTime)

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

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**Example**

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

Where,

*date* = 01-01-2022 12:00:20

*seconds* = 30

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

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