%ttl% variable in DNS zone templates?

[jez9999]

Hi, I'm editing my DNS zone templates. Most of the variables there are pretty self-explanatory but what controls the value of the %ttl% variable, used after the first $ttl directive? It seems to be defaulting to 14400 and I'd like to lower that a bit, so do I need to overwrite the variable or is there a way I can change it outside of the template?

[gundamz]

i ask this question yesterday.

got the solution here:
dns zone template , which one to change TTL?

[jez9999]

Hmm, but that still doesn't appear to address the question of how %ttl% gets its value. If it's a variable I can change, I'd rather change it and leave the variable in the template than just remove it from the template.