# DayOfYear (Date dateTime)

| **Name**    | ***DayOfYear***                                                                  |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Syntax      | DayOfYear (Date dateTime)                                                        |
| Purpose     | To get the day of the year.                                                      |
| Description | Returns an integer between 1 and 366 representing the day of year as an integer. |
| Return Type | Int64                                                                            |
| Parameter   | dateTime \[System.DateTime] – Date for which the day will be returned            |

**Example**

![](https://3083465318-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FsR50Wa7EwZGlmPSAMkkf%2Fuploads%2FmQcOg2ESQ1ZZOiNr0N7O%2F0.png?alt=media)

In this example, we will pass a date time value to the function transformation object using a *Variables* object.

Where,

*dateTime* = 10/20/2022

![](https://3083465318-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FsR50Wa7EwZGlmPSAMkkf%2Fuploads%2FVZS2yhnC72MNPM9jac6x%2F1.png?alt=media)

In the output window you can see that the day of the year has been returned.

![](https://3083465318-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FsR50Wa7EwZGlmPSAMkkf%2Fuploads%2FSmZSInhXj1xANZx4cxvJ%2F2.png?alt=media)