# 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.
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**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.
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