{"id":3719,"date":"2024-03-13T07:21:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T07:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-set-expiration-time-in-redis\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T20:16:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:16:56","slug":"how-to-set-expiration-time-in-redis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-set-expiration-time-in-redis\/","title":{"rendered":"Redis Expiration: EXPIRE &#038; EXPIREAT Commands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can set an expiration time in Redis using either the EXPIRE command or the EXPIREAT command.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Come to an end.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>EXPIRE key seconds\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this case, the key is the name of the key to set the expiration time for, and seconds is the expiration time in seconds. For example, setting the key named mykey to expire in 10 seconds.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>EXPIRE mykey 10\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>EXPIREAT means the expiry date or time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>EXPIREAT key timestamp\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>One example is setting an expiration time for a key named &#8220;mykey&#8221; on January 1, 2023.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>EXPIREAT mykey 1672531200\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>It should be noted that after setting an expiration time for a key, Redis will automatically delete that key when the expiration time is reached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can set an expiration time in Redis using either the EXPIRE command or the EXPIREAT command. Come to an end. EXPIRE key seconds In this case, the key is the name of the key to set the expiration time for, and seconds is the expiration time in seconds. 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