# Transport client TTL, seconds or milliseconds **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 8, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-client-ttl-seconds-or-milliseconds/21149 "2014-12-08T16:43:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![burtonator](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/burtonator/32/44790_2.png) [@burtonator](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/burtonator)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-client-ttl-seconds-or-milliseconds/21149/1 "2014-12-08T16:43:49Z")
I'm performing writes with the transport client. I can't find documentation for whether the ttl is in seconds or milliseconds. I know if you send documents via json the TTL is a strong so you can say "1s" but the setTTL method in IndexRequestBuilder just takes a long. I THINK it's seconds because my documents are staying around too long (as I"m setting them in ms). Can anyone confirm? The Javadoc probably should be updated to reflect this as I couldn't find it anywhere. IE it's not in the RTFM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/883794e5-e0ae-43eb-a3e1-58979bd8a183%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/883794e5-e0ae-43eb-a3e1-58979bd8a183%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-client-ttl-seconds-or-milliseconds/21149/2 "2014-12-08T16:51:05Z")
I agree. We should have both a Javadoc and some explanations in the java API documentation. Wanna contribute and send a PR for the javadoc or for both? -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet [https://twitter.com/dadoonet](https://twitter.com/dadoonet) | @elasticsearchfr [https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr](https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr) | @scrutmydocs [https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs](https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs) > Le 8 déc. 2014 à 17:43, Kevin Burton [burtonator@gmail.com](mailto:burtonator@gmail.com) a écrit : > > I'm performing writes with the transport client. > > I can't find documentation for whether the ttl is in seconds or milliseconds. > > I know if you send documents via json the TTL is a strong so you can say "1s" but the setTTL method in IndexRequestBuilder just takes a long. > > I THINK it's seconds because my documents are staying around too long (as I"m setting them in ms). > > Can anyone confirm? > > The Javadoc probably should be updated to reflect this as I couldn't find it anywhere. IE it's not in the RTFM > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com) [mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/883794e5-e0ae-43eb-a3e1-58979bd8a183%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/883794e5-e0ae-43eb-a3e1-58979bd8a183%40googlegroups.com) [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/883794e5-e0ae-43eb-a3e1-58979bd8a183%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/883794e5-e0ae-43eb-a3e1-58979bd8a183%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout) [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/E31CAE39-8F43-4488-BDB5-96B0C1421A7D%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/E31CAE39-8F43-4488-BDB5-96B0C1421A7D%40pilato.fr). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![burtonator](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/burtonator/32/44790_2.png) [@burtonator](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/burtonator)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-client-ttl-seconds-or-milliseconds/21149/3 "2014-12-08T18:27:59Z")
Ha. Generally speaking, yes, I would, but I don't have an answer whether it's in seconds or milliseconds 🙂 If I get an answer I'll try it and if it works I'll update the docs. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/44c29924-a243-4071-b792-cbba6e4cf95d%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/44c29924-a243-4071-b792-cbba6e4cf95d%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-client-ttl-seconds-or-milliseconds/21149/4 "2014-12-08T19:17:49Z")
From my tests, it’s ms: IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest("ttl", "doc", "1") .source(jsonBuilder().startObject().field("foo", "bar").endObject()) .ttl(1000L); Means 1s delay -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet [https://twitter.com/dadoonet](https://twitter.com/dadoonet) | @elasticsearchfr [https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr](https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr) | @scrutmydocs [https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs](https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs) > Le 8 déc. 2014 à 19:27, Kevin Burton [burtonator@gmail.com](mailto:burtonator@gmail.com) a écrit : > > Ha. Generally speaking, yes, I would, but I don't have an answer whether it's in seconds or milliseconds 🙂 > > If I get an answer I'll try it and if it works I'll update the docs. > > Kevin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com) [mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/44c29924-a243-4071-b792-cbba6e4cf95d%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/44c29924-a243-4071-b792-cbba6e4cf95d%40googlegroups.com) [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/44c29924-a243-4071-b792-cbba6e4cf95d%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/44c29924-a243-4071-b792-cbba6e4cf95d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout) [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/21A0B409-2A07-42B6-ABD7-DE62758C730D%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/21A0B409-2A07-42B6-ABD7-DE62758C730D%40pilato.fr). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-client-ttl-seconds-or-milliseconds/21149/5 "2017-07-06T00:44:54Z")