length–Time lengths for humans

Time Types

Milliseconds	Unit
31560000	y, year, years
2629740	mo, month, months
86400	d, day, days
3600	h, hour, hours
60	m, minute, minutes
1	s, sec, second, seconds
0.001	ms, millisecond, milliseconds
0.000001	us, microsecond, microseconds

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var num = length(number, [to])

Parameter: number

• number — This may either be a string, or a number. If it's a string with no type, it's assumed to be in the to format.
• Optional to — The format to interval to return, defaults to 'ms'.

length('0.5s') === 500;
length('1h', 's') === 3600;
length(10, 's') === 10;
length('2 days', 'h') === 48;

License

MIT