# GetDateComponents (Date)
| **Name** | ***GetDateComponents*** |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Syntax | GetDateComponents (Date) |
| Purpose | To return a structure providing individual date components. |
| Description | Gets a structure representing individual date components. |
| Return Type | DateComponents |
| Parameters | dateTime \[System.DateTime] – Date time for which components are required |
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**Example**
We have an *Orders* dataset with the *OrderDate* field.
In this example, we will pass this field to the function transformation object to get the date components.
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Right-Click on the function transformation object and select *Preview Output.* In the output, you can see that each date from the *OrderDate* field has been separated in the different date components.
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