# Ask: Time

The **Ask: Time** node helps to elicit time inputs, since times are a special entity that needs careful validation and can be bound to various constraints, like from and until, am/pm or 24-hour clock, etc. For this reason, time is a special node variant you can add to your Flow when acquiring a time.

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### Node properties

| Property            | Description                                                                           | Explanation                                                                                |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Question            | The original question                                                                 |                                                                                            |
| Try again (1)       | The repeat question when wrong input is provided                                      | optional                                                                                   |
| Try again (2)       | The repeat question when wrong input is provided                                      | optional                                                                                   |
| Input by dtmf       | Give input by using                                                                   | This is only relevant for phone channels. The formatting options are described down below. |
| Output format       | Define the time by hours : minutes                                                    | The formatting options are described below.                                                |
| Assign to           | To assign the result to a variable in the conversation                                |                                                                                            |
| Assign ISO to       | To assign the ISO format of the value to a variable in the conversation               |                                                                                            |
| Remember            | To also store the variable in the user object                                         |                                                                                            |
| Record audio ☎      | On phone channels there is an option to record the audio of the answer                |                                                                                            |
| Assign audio URL to | If record audio is toggled, the URL to the audio file will be stored in this variable | Only displayed and mandatory when Record audio is toggled.                                 |
| Range               | To limit the allowed time range to either from or until                               |                                                                                            |


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

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Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://manuals.dialox.ai/studio/flows/nodes/ask-time.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.