diff --git a/rq/queue.py b/rq/queue.py
index 090997e..06998d9 100644
--- a/rq/queue.py
+++ b/rq/queue.py
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ class Queue(object):
         contain options for RQ itself.
         """
         timeout = parse_timeout(timeout) or self._default_timeout
+        result_ttl = parse_timeout(result_ttl)
+        ttl = parse_timeout(ttl)
 
         job = self.job_class.create(
             func, args=args, kwargs=kwargs, connection=self.connection,
diff --git a/rq/utils.py b/rq/utils.py
index d7ec53c..92da521 100644
--- a/rq/utils.py
+++ b/rq/utils.py
@@ -253,12 +253,12 @@ def parse_timeout(timeout):
             timeout = int(timeout)
         except ValueError:
             digit, unit = timeout[:-1], (timeout[-1:]).lower()
-            unit_second = {'h': 3600, 'm': 60, 's': 1}
+            unit_second = {'d': 86400, 'h': 3600, 'm': 60, 's': 1}
             try:
                 timeout = int(digit) * unit_second[unit]
             except (ValueError, KeyError):
                 raise TimeoutFormatError('Timeout must be an integer or a string representing an integer, or '
-                                         'a string with format: digits + unit, unit can be "h", "m", "s", '
+                                         'a string with format: digits + unit, unit can be "d", "h", "m", "s", '
                                          'such as "1h", "23m".')
 
     return timeout