parse-ms

What is parse-ms?

The parse-ms npm package is a utility for parsing milliseconds into an object with more readable time properties such as days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is useful for converting a duration in milliseconds into a more human-readable format.

What are parse-ms's main functionalities?

Parse milliseconds into an object

This feature allows you to convert a duration in milliseconds into an object with properties for days, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds, microseconds, and nanoseconds.

const parseMs = require('parse-ms');
const result = parseMs(1337000000);
console.log(result); // { days: 15, hours: 11, minutes: 23, seconds: 20, milliseconds: 0, microseconds: 0, nanoseconds: 0 }

Handle large durations

This feature demonstrates the ability to handle and accurately parse large durations, breaking them down into their respective time units.

const parseMs = require('parse-ms');
const result = parseMs(9876543210);
console.log(result); // { days: 114, hours: 1, minutes: 29, seconds: 3, milliseconds: 210, microseconds: 0, nanoseconds: 0 }

Other packages similar to parse-ms

ms

The 'ms' package is a utility for converting various time formats to milliseconds and vice versa. Unlike parse-ms, which focuses on breaking down milliseconds into an object with time properties, 'ms' can convert human-readable time formats (like '2 days', '1h', '5m') into milliseconds and back. It is more versatile in terms of input formats but does not provide the detailed breakdown that parse-ms does.

pretty-ms

The 'pretty-ms' package is designed to convert milliseconds into a human-readable string format. It is similar to parse-ms in that it deals with milliseconds, but instead of returning an object, it returns a formatted string (e.g., '1d 3h 4m 5s'). It is useful for displaying durations in a user-friendly way but does not provide the detailed object breakdown that parse-ms offers.

README

parse-ms

Parse milliseconds into an object

Install

$ npm install --save parse-ms

Usage

parseMs(1337000001);
//=> { days: 15, hours: 11, minutes: 23, seconds: 20, milliseconds: 1 }

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus