# ToTicks (DateTimeWithOffset dateTime)

| **Name**    | ***ToTicks with Offset***                                                         |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Syntax      | ToTicks (DateTimeWithOffset dateTime)                                             |
| Purpose     | To return an integer representing ticks for the specified date time offset value. |
| Description | Gets the number of ticks in the specified date time offset value.                 |
| Return Type | Int64                                                                             |
| Parameter   | dateTime \[System.DateTimeOffset] – Date for which local ticks will be returned   |

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/0%20\(119\).png)

**Example**

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

Where,

*dateTime* ­= 03/11/2009 10:20:40 AM

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/1%20\(120\).png)

In the output window, you can see that the provided date time offset value has been converted into a Ticks value.

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/2%20\(120\).png)