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## `TO_TIMEDURATION` [esql-to_timeduration]
**Syntax**
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**Parameters**
`field`
: Input value. The input is a valid constant time duration expression.
**Description**
Converts an input value into a `time_duration` value.
**Supported types**
| field | result |
| --- | --- |
| keyword | time_duration |
| text | time_duration |
| time_duration | time_duration |
**Example**
```esql
row x = "2024-01-01"::datetime | eval y = x + "3 hours"::time_duration, z = x - to_timeduration("3 hours");
```
| x:datetime | y:datetime | z:datetime |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2024-01-01 | 2024-01-01T03:00:00.000Z | 2023-12-31T21:00:00.000Z |