Duration

Representation of a duration of time. Returns objects created by amounts.

const { duration } = require('abstract-things/values');

// With no unit - milliseconds are the default unit
const v = duration(2000);
console.log(v.value);
console.log(v.seconds); // number converted to seconds

// With a unit
console.log(duration(2, 's'));

// String (with our without unit)
console.log(duration('2 s'));
console.log(duration('1m 10s'));
console.log(duration('2 hours 5 m'));

Units

Unit SI Names
Milliseconds No ms, millisecond, milliseconds
Seconds No s, second, seconds
Minutes No m, minute, minutes
Hours No h, hour, hours
Days No d, day, days

String conversion

Values in the string are parsed the same as for numbers with multiple values with units supported.

Examples: 2000, 2000 ms, 5 s, 5 seconds, 1 hour, 10 minutes, 1d 5m