# TSSetDuration

Sets the maximum number of timesteps to use and maximum time for iteration.

### Synopsis

    #include "petscts.h"
    PetscErrorCode PETSCTS_DLLEXPORT TSSetDuration(TS ts,PetscInt maxsteps,PetscReal maxtime)

Collective on TS

### Input Parameters

| ts | - the TS context obtained from TSCreate()
| maxsteps | - maximum number of iterations to use
| maxtime | - final time to iterate to

### Options Database Keys

-ts_max_steps <maxsteps> -Sets maxsteps
-ts_max_time <maxtime> -Sets maxtime

### Notes

The default maximum number of iterations is 5000. Default time is 5.0

### Keywords

TS, timestep, set, maximum, iterations

Level:intermediate
Location:src/ts/interface/ts.c
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### Examples

src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex1.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex2.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex3.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex4.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex5.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex6.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex7.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex1f.F.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex2f.F.html