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server.parseTime()

server.parseTime(text)

Parses a Faraway duration string and returns its length in seconds.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`text`	string	Duration text accepted by the server's duration parser.

A number of seconds, or nil if the text is not a valid duration.

local seconds = server.parseTime("1h30m")
if seconds then
  server.tempban("Alex", seconds, "Temporary ban", "Example")
end

The parser supports Faraway duration formats such as 30s, 10m, 2h, 3d, and 1w.