# 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.
### 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 | |