TTL key

Returns the remaining time to live of a key that has a timeout. This introspection capability allows a Redis client to check how many seconds a given key will continue to be part of the dataset.

In Redis 2.6 or older the command returns -1 if the key does not exist or if the key exist but has no associated expire.

Starting with Redis 2.8 the return value in case of error changed:

• The command returns -2 if the key does not exist.
• The command returns -1 if the key exists but has no associated expire.

See also the PTTL command that returns the same information with milliseconds resolution (Only available in Redis 2.6 or greater).

@return

@integer-reply: TTL in seconds, or a negative value in order to signal an error (see the description above).

@examples

redis> SET mykey "Hello"
TBD
redis> EXPIRE mykey 10
TBD
redis> TTL mykey

History

• Starting with Redis version 2.8.0: Added the -2 reply.