Terminal command to add length of event in calendar app

Hi,
I would like to see if i can add the length of the event in apple Calendar.
I.e in apple calendar it currently displays the name time of event and location.
I would like to add the length of the event, ie starts at 9 am finishes at 10 event displays 1 Hour.
Like this would perfect
Any ideas?

I'm not sure exactly what you are asking.
You can set both the start time and the end time of an event in Calendar. Just click on the time in the event display panel.
Or do you want to change the default time of one hour to something else?
To do that, you use the following Terminal command:
defaults write com.apple.iCal 'Default duration in minutes for new event' X
where X is the time in minutes.

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