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date.scale() function

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

Function type signature
(d: duration, n: int) => duration
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Parameters

d

(Required) Duration to scale.

n

(Required) Amount to scale the duration by.

Examples

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
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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
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