# ToTicks (Date dateTime)

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

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/0%20\(161\).png)

**Example**

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

Where,

*dateTime* ­= 09/10/2020 10:10:25 AM

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/1%20\(162\).png)

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

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/2%20\(162\).png)


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