This is no longer a part of the World of Warcraft API. Use UnitAura (or derived functions) to retrieve information about buffs. It was removed in patch 3.0.

Retrieve info about a certain player buff of a certain type.

buffTimeLeft = GetPlayerBuffTimeLeft(buffIndex);

Contents 1 Arguments 2 Returns 3 Example 4 See Also

ArgumentsEdit

buffIndex 

The index of the buff to retrieve. Can be obtained with GetPlayerBuff

ReturnsEdit

buffTimeLeft 

The time (in seconds) left until the buff expires.

ExampleEdit

local timeLeft = GetPlayerBuffTimeLeft(buffIndex)

Result 

Retrieves amount of time left of the first buff you have.

 for i=0,31 do
  local id,cancel = GetPlayerBuff(i,"HELPFUL|HARMFUL|PASSIVE");
  if(id > -1) then
    local timeleft = GetPlayerBuffTimeLeft(id);
   DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(timeleft);
  end
end

Result 

Will display your buff/debuff durations.

See AlsoEdit

• GetPlayerBuff
• GetPlayerBuffTexture