# AddDays (DateTime)
| **Name** | ***AddDays*** |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Syntax | AddDays (Date date, Integer days) |
| Purpose | To return the date time value after adding the number of days. |
| Description | Adds or subtracts number of days to the specified date. |
| Return Type | DateTime |
| Parameters |
date \[System.DateTime] – Date to which days should be added
days \[System.Int64] – Number of days to be added. To subtract, use negative days
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**Example**
In this example, we will pass a date time value, and an integer value (indicating days to be added or subtracted) to the function transformation object using a *Variables* object.
Where,
*date* = 01-01-2022
*days* = 5
In the output window, you can see that the provided integer value, indicating the number of days, has been added to the given date time value.
