website/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/duration.md

title	id	date	full_link	short_description	aka	tags
Duration	duration	2024-10-05		A time interval specified as a string in the format accepted by Go's [time.Duration](https://pkg.go.dev/time), allowing for flexible time specifications using various units like seconds, minutes, and hours.		fundamental

In Kubernetes APIs, a duration must be non-negative and is typically expressed with a suffix. For example, 5s for five seconds or 1m30s for one minute and thirty seconds.