# Checking bans really work and how to extend bans?

**URL:** <https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/checking-bans-really-work-and-how-to-extend-bans/446>\
**Category:** crowdsec\
**Created:** [December 10, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/checking-bans-really-work-and-how-to-extend-bans/446 "2021-12-10T22:28:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![discword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@discword](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/discword)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/checking-bans-really-work-and-how-to-extend-bans/446/2 "2021-12-11T13:41:13Z")

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I found how to extend ban duration in this post [Default Ban time duration](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/default-ban-time-duration/35) , however I’m wondering where I can find a list of units for this setting (for example is “m” minutes or months?).

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