# Relative time using API? **URL:** \ **Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\ **Created:** [July 21, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/relative-time-using-api/16457 "2020-07-21T14:34:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/ach/32/6874_2.png) [@ach](https://community.graylog.org/u/ach)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/relative-time-using-api/16457/1 "2020-07-21T14:34:30Z")
Hello everyone. I see itโ€™s possible to select a time range (from x hours or x days to x hours or x days) using graylog. Is it possible to do the same when communicating with the API ? so far I found that you can only select range in seconds. Many thanks ! ---
**Author:** ![jan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/jan/32/11_2.png) [@jan](https://community.graylog.org/u/jan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/relative-time-using-api/16457/2 "2020-07-22T08:21:53Z")
he @ach you would need to present the range you want to query in seconds to the API - that is what the UI does. ---
**Author:** ![ach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/ach/32/6874_2.png) [@ach](https://community.graylog.org/u/ach)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/relative-time-using-api/16457/4 "2020-07-23T11:43:57Z")
had a few confusions about relative/absolute. turned out i need to run the search in absolute mood to get what I want. thanks ๐Ÿ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/c/7/c7c09c6b5099570133d6502b83f50ba4430de5b6.png) [@system](https://community.graylog.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/relative-time-using-api/16457/5 "2020-08-06T11:43:59Z")
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