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Convert From Seconds documentation

Translate raw seconds into calendar-friendly durations for TTLs, retention windows, and automation planning.

Last updated November 30, 2025

Why this tool exists

TTL Planner keeps seconds and calendar durations in sync so incident notes, scripts, and configs all reference the same schedule.

TTL planning

Map caching or DNS TTLs to human-friendly durations for incident notes and runbooks.

SLA calculators

Flip uptime commitments into raw seconds for alerts, budgets, and scripts.

Automation inputs

Generate total seconds for queue delays, retry backoffs, or cron-style builders.

Quick start

Paste seconds, convert to calendar terms, and copy the formatted summary for TTL planning.

  1. Open Convert From Seconds and paste raw seconds (or choose a TTL preset).
  2. Submit to translate the value into calendar-friendly language with localized formatting.
  3. Copy the formatted breakdown or raw seconds to share in incident docs, dashboards, or configs.

Supported inputs

  • Seconds input accepts up to 64-bit integer values (positive or zero).
  • Calendar form supports large numbers and ignores blank fields (treated as zero).
  • Outputs show both formatted text and raw seconds for easy copying.

Mode 01

Seconds → Calendar

  1. Paste seconds or pick a preset (TTL emergency failover, standard DNS, CDN warm cache, hourly rotation).
  2. Submit to see the breakdown across days, hours, minutes, seconds, plus localized formatting and TTL helper text.
  3. Copy the formatted duration or the raw seconds value for downstream tools.

Presets & outputs

Presets show infrastructure-friendly TTLs while the output cards display localized breakdowns and raw totals ready to copy.

  • Both modes show localized numbers plus utility chips describing TTL use cases.
  • Copy buttons provide formatted breakdowns or raw seconds so you can paste into CLI/JSON configs.
  • Preset cards explain when to use each TTL (failover, standard DNS, CDN, hourly rotation).

Field notes

Habits that keep TTL conversions transparent for devs and stakeholders.

  • Use these conversions before writing post-incident notes so everyone references the same TTL math.
  • Update presets whenever infrastructure policies change (DNS, CDN, cache rules).
  • Need the reverse direction? Open Convert To Seconds via the tool navigation when you must go from calendar inputs to raw seconds.
Need calendar → seconds? Open Convert To Seconds or visit the documentation hub for related guides.

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