From 5a87c8f2ee11d47eadd24c35950d8d070456d590 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: froejdh_e <erik.frojdh@psi.ch>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:28:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added example to time conversion

---
 docs/src/pyexamples.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/src/pyexamples.rst b/docs/src/pyexamples.rst
index 9521b32c0..1d7eedd4b 100755
--- a/docs/src/pyexamples.rst
+++ b/docs/src/pyexamples.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ datetime.timedelta, DurationWrapper or by setting the time in seconds.
     >>> d.getExptime()
     [sls::DurationWrapper(total_seconds: 181.23 count: 181230000000)]
 
+    # In C++ it is possible to use chrono literals to set time more easily
+    # d.setExptime(7ms). However, this is not possible due to pythons syntax.
+    # instead we can create a unit that we use for conversion.
+    >>> ms = dt.timedelta(milliseconds = 1)
+    >>> d.exptime = 7.5*ms
+
 
 
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