# AddYears (DateTime)
| **Name** | ***AddYears*** |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Syntax | AddYears (Date date, Integer years) |
| Purpose | To return the date and time after adding or subtracting the number of years. |
| Description | Adds or subtracts number of years to/from the specified datetime value. |
| Return Type | DateTime |
| Parameters |
date \[System.DateTime] – Date to/from which years should be added/subtracted
years \[System.Int64] – Number of years to be added. To subtract, use negative years
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**Example**
In this example, we will pass a date time value, and an integer value (indicating years to be added or subtracted) to the function transformation object using a *Variables* object.
Where,
*date* = 01-01-2022
*years* = 10
In the output window, you can see that the provided integer value, indicating years, has been added to the given date time value.
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