Redis 提供了 EXPIRE（PEXPIRE) 和 EXPIREAT（PEXPIREAT）兩個命令以秒或者毫秒精度來設置過期時間琉闪，區(qū)別是前者是生存時間近零，后者是具體的過期時間戳喜喂。

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Expires Commands
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/* This is the generic command implementation for EXPIRE, PEXPIRE, EXPIREAT
 * and PEXPIREAT. Because the command second argument may be relative or absolute
 * the "basetime" argument is used to signal what the base time is (either 0
 * for *AT variants of the command, or the current time for relative expires).
 *
 * unit is either UNIT_SECONDS or UNIT_MILLISECONDS, and is only used for
 * the argv[2] parameter. The basetime is always specified in milliseconds. */
void expireGenericCommand(client *c, long long basetime, int unit) {
    robj *key = c->argv[1], *param = c->argv[2];
    long long when; /* unix time in milliseconds when the key will expire. */

    if (getLongLongFromObjectOrReply(c, param, &when, NULL) != C_OK)
        return;

    /* EXPIRE allows negative numbers, but we can at least detect an
     * overflow by either unit conversion or basetime addition. */
    if (unit == UNIT_SECONDS) {
        if (when > LLONG_MAX / 1000 || when < LLONG_MIN / 1000) {
            addReplyErrorFormat(c, "invalid expire time in %s", c->cmd->name);
            return;
        }
        when *= 1000;
    }

    if (when > LLONG_MAX - basetime) {
        addReplyErrorFormat(c, "invalid expire time in %s", c->cmd->name);
        return;
    }
    when += basetime;

    /* No key, return zero. */
    if (lookupKeyWrite(c->db,key) == NULL) {
        addReply(c,shared.czero);
        return;
    }

    if (checkAlreadyExpired(when)) {
        robj *aux;

        int deleted = server.lazyfree_lazy_expire ? dbAsyncDelete(c->db,key) :
                                                    dbSyncDelete(c->db,key);
        serverAssertWithInfo(c,key,deleted);
        server.dirty++;

        /* Replicate/AOF this as an explicit DEL or UNLINK. */
        aux = server.lazyfree_lazy_expire ? shared.unlink : shared.del;
        rewriteClientCommandVector(c,2,aux,key);
        signalModifiedKey(c,c->db,key);
        notifyKeyspaceEvent(NOTIFY_GENERIC,"del",key,c->db->id);
        addReply(c, shared.cone);
        return;
    } else {
        setExpire(c,c->db,key,when);
        addReply(c,shared.cone);
        signalModifiedKey(c,c->db,key);
        notifyKeyspaceEvent(NOTIFY_GENERIC,"expire",key,c->db->id);
        server.dirty++;
        return;
    }
}

/* EXPIRE key seconds */
void expireCommand(client *c) {
    expireGenericCommand(c,mstime(),UNIT_SECONDS);
}

/* EXPIREAT key time */
void expireatCommand(client *c) {
    expireGenericCommand(c,0,UNIT_SECONDS);
}

只有當鍵值被刪除或者值被覆蓋的時候，例如執(zhí)行DEL, SET, GETSET 和所有STORE相關的命令忿危，過期時間會被移除感猛；而修改值的操作如INCR, LPUSH, HSET不會影響過期時間七扰。另外，我們也可以通過PERSIST*命令手動移除鍵的過期時間陪白。

/* PERSIST key */
void persistCommand(client *c) {
    if (lookupKeyWrite(c->db,c->argv[1])) {
        if (removeExpire(c->db,c->argv[1])) {
            signalModifiedKey(c,c->db,c->argv[1]);
            notifyKeyspaceEvent(NOTIFY_GENERIC,"persist",c->argv[1],c->db->id);
            addReply(c,shared.cone);
            server.dirty++;
        } else {
            addReply(c,shared.czero);
        }
    } else {
        addReply(c,shared.czero);
    }
}

TTL和PTTL兩個命令可以以秒或者毫秒精度查詢鍵的剩余生存時間颈走。

/* PEXPIRE key milliseconds */
void pexpireCommand(client *c) {
    expireGenericCommand(c,mstime(),UNIT_MILLISECONDS);
}

/* PEXPIREAT key ms_time */
void pexpireatCommand(client *c) {
    expireGenericCommand(c,0,UNIT_MILLISECONDS);
}

/* Implements TTL and PTTL */
void ttlGenericCommand(client *c, int output_ms) {
    long long expire, ttl = -1;

    /* If the key does not exist at all, return -2 */
    if (lookupKeyReadWithFlags(c->db,c->argv[1],LOOKUP_NOTOUCH) == NULL) {
        addReplyLongLong(c,-2);
        return;
    }
    /* The key exists. Return -1 if it has no expire, or the actual
     * TTL value otherwise. */
    expire = getExpire(c->db,c->argv[1]);
    if (expire != -1) {
        ttl = expire-mstime();
        if (ttl < 0) ttl = 0;
    }
    if (ttl == -1) {
        addReplyLongLong(c,-1);
    } else {
        addReplyLongLong(c,output_ms ? ttl : ((ttl+500)/1000));
    }
}

/* TTL key */
void ttlCommand(client *c) {
    ttlGenericCommand(c, 0);
}

/* PTTL key */
void pttlCommand(client *c) {
    ttlGenericCommand(c, 1);
}