%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?

[webignition]

You seem to have asked the same question here:

%ttl% variable in DNS zone templates?

[chirpy]

Indeed. Don't cross-post, please.