Google App Script help

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Could anyone help me in changing the below script so that it purges emails after a set amount of hours instead of the days like it is now?

Code:
function purgeGmail() {

// The name of the Gmail Label that is to be autopurged?
var GMAIL_LABEL = "delete me";    
 
// Purge messages automatically after how many days?
var PURGE_AFTER = "1";
 

  
  var age = new Date();  
  age.setDate(age.getDate() - PURGE_AFTER);    
  
  var purge  = Utilities.formatDate(age, Session.getScriptTimeZone(), "yyyy-MM-dd");
  var search = "label:" + GMAIL_LABEL + " before:" + purge;
 
  // This will create a simple Gmail search 
  // query like label:Newsletters before:10/12/2012
  
  try {
    
    // We are processing 100 messages in a batch to prevent script errors.
    // Else it may throw Exceed Maximum Execution Time exception in Apps Script
 
    var threads = GmailApp.search(search, 0, 100);
    
 
    // For large batches, create another time-based trigger that will
    // activate the auto-purge process after 'n' minutes.
 
    if (threads.length == 100) {
      ScriptApp.newTrigger("purgeGmail")
               .timeBased()
               .at(new Date((new Date()).getTime() + 1000*60*10))
               .create();
    }
 
    // An email thread may have multiple messages and the timestamp of 
    // individual messages can be different.
    
    for (var i=0; i<threads.length; i++) {
      var messages = GmailApp.getMessagesForThread(threads[i]);
      for (var j=0; j<messages.length; j++) {
        var email = messages[j];       
        if (email.getDate() < age) {
          email.moveToTrash();
        }
      }
    }
    
  // If the script fails for some reason or catches an exception, 
  // it will simply defer auto-purge until the next day.
  } catch (e) {}
  
}
 
This line sets how often it purges:

.at(new Date((new Date()).getTime() + 1000*60*10))

So it gets the current date+time: new Date((new Date()).getTime()
then adds a certain number of seconds to that time: 1000*60*10

you can edit the number of seconds to change the frequency
 
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