docs-v2/content/flux/v0/stdlib/date/scale.md

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date.scale() function	`date.scale()` will multiply the duration by the given value.	flux_v0_ref name parent identifier date.scale date date/scale	101	date/time

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

Function type signature

(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 scaled mixed duration to a time

Add n hours to a time

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

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