MomentJS - Durations

MomentJS provides an important feature called durations which handles length of time for given units. In this chapter, you will learn this in detail.

Methods Available with Durations

The following table shows the methods available with duration for different units to be used with moment duration −

Method	Syntax
Creating	moment.duration(Number, String); moment.duration(Number); moment.duration(Object); moment.duration(String);
Clone	moment.duration().clone();
Humanize	moment.duration().humanize();
Milliseconds	moment.duration().milliseconds(); moment.duration().asMilliseconds();
Seconds	moment.duration().seconds(); moment.duration().asSeconds();
Minutes	moment.duration().minutes(); moment.duration().asMinutes();
Hours	moment.duration().hours(); moment.duration().asHours();
Days	moment.duration().days(); moment.duration().asDays();
Weeks	moment.duration().weeks(); moment.duration().asWeeks();
Months	moment.duration().months(); moment.duration().asMonths();
Years	moment.duration().years(); moment.duration().asYears();
Add Time	moment.duration().add(Number, String); moment.duration().add(Number); moment.duration().add(Duration); moment.duration().add(Object);
Subtract Time	moment.duration().subtract(Number, String); moment.duration().subtract(Number); moment.duration().subtract(Duration); moment.duration().subtract(Object);
Using Duration with Diff	var duration = moment.duration(x.diff(y))
As Unit of Time	moment.duration().as(String);
Get Unit of Time	duration.get('hours'); duration.get('minutes'); duration.get('seconds'); duration.get('milliseconds');
As JSON	moment.duration().toJSON();
Is a Duration	moment.isDuration(obj);
As ISO 8601 String	moment.duration().toISOString();
Locale	moment.duration().locale(); moment.duration().locale(String);