---
title: "ttl 12 hours · RUAL Documentation"
description: "Gives you the current date plus 12 hours. Useful as a TTL value."
canonical: https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/date/date_ttl_12_hours
language: en
---

# ttl 12 hours

This block is part of the [`date`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/date) group and was last modified in core [`v15.0.0`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/150000).

Gives you the current date plus 12 hours. Useful as a TTL value.

- date `date` The current date plus 12 hours.

| `ttl` |
| --- |
| `expiry` |
| `expire` |
| `expires` |
| `current` |
| `now` |
| `plus` |

A typical wiring for [TTL 12 hours](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/date/date_ttl_12_hours): the `date` out pin feeds [cast to value](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/type%20casting/date_convert_to_value).

![Studio canvas example for the TTL 12 hours block: typical wiring for TTL 12 hours.](https://docs.rual.nl/canvas-examples/date_ttl_12_hours.png)

### Version history

Introduced in [`v15.0.0`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/150000).