# 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://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/0%20\(90\).png)

**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://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/1%20\(91\).png)

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

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/2%20\(91\).png)