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title: "ttl 1 hour · RUAL Documentation"
description: "Gives you the current date plus 1 hour. Useful as a TTL value."
canonical: https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/date/date_ttl_1_hour
language: en
---

# ttl 1 hour

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 1 hour. Useful as a TTL value.

- date `date` The current date plus 1 hour.

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

A typical wiring for [TTL 1 hour](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/date/date_ttl_1_hour): 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 1 hour block: typical wiring for TTL 1 hour.](https://docs.rual.nl/canvas-examples/date_ttl_1_hour.png)

### Version history

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