What is the incubation period for the common cold?

Whats the incubation period for getting a cold?

• when someone sneezes all in your face witha cold..how long until you get it? a week?

• Answer:

  From the time a cold virus enters the nose, it takes 8-12 hours for the viral reproductive cycle to be completed and for new cold virus to be released in nasal secretions. This interval is called the incubation period. Cold symptoms can also begin shortly after virus is first produced in the nose (10-12 hours). The time from the beginning of the infection to the peak of symptoms is typically 36-72 hours.