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time.Duration

Returns a time.Duration value using the given time unit and number.

Syntax

time.Duration TIME_UNIT NUMBER

Returns

time.Duration

Alias

duration

The time.Duration function returns a time.Duration value that you can use with any of the Duration methods.

This template:

{{ $duration := time.Duration "hour" 24 }}
{{ printf "There are %.0f seconds in one day." $duration.Seconds }}

Is rendered to:

There are 86400 seconds in one day.

The time unit must be one of the following:

DurationValid time units
hourshour, h
minutesminute, m
secondssecond, s
millisecondsmillisecond, ms
microsecondsmicrosecond, us, µs
nanosecondsnanosecond, ns