By Thomas Underwood 🕢 Updated on August 12, 2025 at 7:30 amThe time unit conversion table below provides a quick reference for how various time units relate to one another. For your convenience, when configuring Triggers and Actions, time durations can be defined using different fixed units—milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, days, and weeks.
In addition, calendar-based units such as month and year are available in specific use cases that require wall clock logic—such as date calculations or scheduling based on calendar structure. These units are intelligently adjusted to handle real-world variations like leap years and differing month lengths. While highly useful in scenarios like scheduling or timestamp manipulation, they are not supported in every context where time is specified, especially where short, precise intervals are expected.
Overview
Automation Workshop treats fixed-duration units—like milliseconds, seconds, minutes, and hours—as mathematically exact spans of time. For example, 2 hours, 120 minutes, and 7,200 seconds are processed identically.
| Time | Milliseconds | Seconds | Minutes | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 second (s) | 1,000 | 1 | - | - |
| 1 minute (m) | 60,000 | 60 | 1 | - |
| 1 hour (h) | 3,600,000 | 3,600 | 60 | 1 |
| 1 day (d) | 86,400,000 | 86,400 | 1,440 | 24 |
| 1 week (w) | 604,800,000 | 604,800 | 10,080 | 168 |
The Day, Week, Month, and Year units are dynamic and calendar-aware. They allow intelligent, seamless adjustments that respect the structure of the calendar. For instance, adding "1 month" to January 31 automatically results in February 28 (or 29 during a leap year). These adjustments are particularly useful for scheduling and date math but are only available in relevant contexts where wall clock time is meaningful.
Task Properties
Triggers & Time
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Variable Wizard & Time
More units
- Size units · quick reference on various file size units.
- Speed units · shows commonly used data transfer speed units for upload and download operations.
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