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# Second

Returns an integer representing the second component of a specified date and time.

**Category:** `date`

**Syntax:**

```
Second([date_column])
```

**Returns:** `IntColumn`

**Context Filtering:** ✓ Yes

## Parameters

| Name          | Type               | Required | Description                                                                             |
| ------------- | ------------------ | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `date_column` | `column\|datetime` | ✓ Yes    | The date or column containing date values from which the second component is extracted. |

**Allowed Column Types:** DATETIME

## Validation

* Minimum parameters: 1
* Maximum parameters: 1

## Examples

```
Second(Date("2007-08-14 07:11:05"))
```

Extracts the second from the specified date and time.
**Result:** `5`

```
Second([Date])
```

Returns the second component for each value in the \[Date] column.