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# CreateTimeSpan

Creates a timespan {@link java.time.Duration}

## Method Signature

```
CreateTimeSpan(days=[numeric], hours=[numeric], minutes=[numeric], seconds=[numeric], milliseconds=[numeric])
```

### Arguments

| Argument       | Type      | Required | Description                                | Default |
| -------------- | --------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------ | ------- |
| `days`         | `numeric` | `true`   | The number of days in the timespan         |         |
| `hours`        | `numeric` | `true`   | The number of hours in the timespan        |         |
| `minutes`      | `numeric` | `true`   | The number of minutes in the timespan      |         |
| `seconds`      | `numeric` | `true`   | The number of seconds in the timespan      |         |
| `milliseconds` | `numeric` | `false`  | The number of milliseconds in the timespan | `0`     |

## Examples

### Use of createTimespan in a bx:query

The createTimespan function is useful in the cachedwithin attribute of bx:query.

```java
<bx:query name="GetParks" datasource="cfdocexamples" cachedWithin="#createTimespan( 0, 6, 0, 0 )#"> 
 SELECT PARKNAME, REGION, STATE 
 FROM Parks 
 ORDER by ParkName, State 
 </bx:query>
```

### The createTimespan function returns a numeric value

Passing 6 hours, or a quarter of a day returns a double representing 1/4

[Run Example](https://try.boxlang.io/?code=eJxLLkpNLEkNycxNLS5IzNNQMNBRMNMBkQYKmtZcAJu1CDY%3D)

```java
createTimespan( 0, 6, 0, 0 );

```

Result: PT6H

### Adding a date and a timestamp

Instead of using dateAdd you could add a timestamp to a date object

```java
dateFormat( createDate( 2017, 1, 1 ) + createTimespan( 2, 0, 0, 0 ) );

```

Result: 03-Jan-17

### Additional Examples

[Run Example](https://try.boxlang.io/?code=eJxLKc0t0FBILkpNLEkNycxNDS5IzNNQMNABIWMQpaCpoGnNpaCvD%2BTq5mbmlZakKpQAFRYDFXIBAD0DEdU%3D)

```java
dump( createTimeSpan( 0, 0, 30, 0 ) );
 // 30-minute timespan

```

## Related

* [ClearTimezone](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/cleartimezone.md)
* [CreateDate](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/createdate.md)
* [CreateDateTime](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/createdatetime.md)
* [CreateODBCDate](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/createodbcdate.md)
* [CreateODBCDateTime](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/createodbcdatetime.md)
* [CreateODBCTime](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/createodbctime.md)
* [CreateTime](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/createtime.md)
* [DateAdd](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/dateadd.md)
* [DateCompare](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/datecompare.md)
* [DateConvert](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/dateconvert.md)
* [DateDiff](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/datediff.md)
* [DateFormat](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/dateformat.md)
* [DatePart](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/datepart.md)
* [DateTimeFormat](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/datetimeformat.md)
* [Day](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/day.md)
* [DayOfWeek](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/dayofweek.md)
* [DayOfWeekAsString](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/dayofweekasstring.md)
* [DayOfWeekShortAsString](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/dayofweekshortasstring.md)
* [DayOfYear](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/dayofyear.md)
* [DaysInMonth](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/daysinmonth.md)
* [DaysInYear](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/daysinyear.md)
* [FirstDayOfMonth](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/firstdayofmonth.md)
* [GetNumericDate](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/getnumericdate.md)
* [GetTime](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/gettime.md)
* [GetTimezone](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/gettimezone.md)
* [GetTimezoneInfo](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/gettimezoneinfo.md)
* [Hour](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/hour.md)
* [Millisecond](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/millisecond.md)
* [Minute](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/minute.md)
* [Month](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/month.md)
* [MonthAsString](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/monthasstring.md)
* [MonthShortAsString](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/monthshortasstring.md)
* [Nanosecond](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/nanosecond.md)
* [Now](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/now.md)
* [Offset](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/offset.md)
* [ParseDateTime](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/parsedatetime.md)
* [Quarter](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/quarter.md)
* [Second](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/second.md)
* [SetTimezone](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/settimezone.md)
* [TimeFormat](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/timeformat.md)
* [TimeUnits](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/timeunits.md)
* [Week](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/week.md)
* [Year](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/year.md)


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