Duration Format¶

Timefence accepts human-readable duration strings wherever a time duration is expected (embargo, max_lookback, max_staleness).

Formats¶

Format	Example	Meaning
`Nd`	`"30d"`	30 days
`Nh`	`"6h"`	6 hours
`Nm`	`"30m"`	30 minutes
`Ns`	`"15s"`	15 seconds
Combined	`"1d12h"`	1 day and 12 hours
Zero	`"0d"` or `"0"`	No duration

Python API¶

You can also pass a Python timedelta object directly:

from datetime import timedelta

feature = timefence.Feature(
    source=transactions,
    columns=["amount"],
    embargo=timedelta(days=1),
)

result = timefence.build(
    labels=labels,
    features=[feature],
    max_lookback=timedelta(days=365),
)