---
title: date.scale() function
description: >
  `date.scale()` will multiply the duration by the given value.
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    identifier: date/scale
weight: 101
flux/v0/tags: [date/time]
---

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`date.scale()` will multiply the duration by the given value.



##### Function type signature

```js
(d: duration, n: int) => duration
```

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## Parameters

### d
({{< req >}})
Duration to scale.



### n
({{< req >}})
Amount to scale the duration by.




## Examples

- [Add n hours to a time](#add-n-hours-to-a-time)
- [Add scaled mixed duration to a time](#add-scaled-mixed-duration-to-a-time)

### Add n hours to a time

```js
import "date"

n = 5
d = date.scale(d: 1h, n: n)

date.add(d: d, to: 2022-05-10T00:00:00Z)// Returns 2022-05-10T00:00:00.000000000Z


```


### Add scaled mixed duration to a time

```js
import "date"

n = 5
d = date.scale(d: 1mo1h, n: 5)

date.add(d: d, to: 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z)// Returns 2022-06-01T05:00:00.000000000Z


```