time-duration-parser

Parse human-readable time durations like 5m, 2h, and 1d into milliseconds.

Install

npm install time-duration-parser

Usage

import parseDuration, { isDuration, units } from 'time-duration-parser';

parseDuration('5m');
// 300000

parseDuration('2h');
// 7200000

parseDuration('1d');
// 86400000

parseDuration('1.5h');
// 5400000

isDuration('10min');
// true

units.hour;
// 3600000

Supported units

• ms, millisecond, milliseconds
• s, sec, second, seconds
• m, min, minute, minutes
• h, hr, hour, hours
• d, day, days
• w, week, weeks

API

parseDuration(input)

Parses a duration string and returns the value in milliseconds.

It also accepts a finite number and returns it unchanged.

isDuration(input)

Returns true if the input can be parsed, otherwise false.

units

An exported frozen object containing supported units and their millisecond multipliers.

Development

npm test

License

MIT