How to use format() on a moment.js duration?

Question

Is there any way I can use the moment.js format method on duration objects? I can\'t find it anywhere in the docs and it doesn\'t seen to be an attribute on du

Answer 1

How about native javascript?

var formatTime = function(integer) {
    if(integer < 10) {
        return "0" + integer; 
    } else {
        return integer;
    }
}

function getDuration(ms) {
    var s1 = Math.floor(ms/1000);
    var s2 = s1%60;
    var m1 = Math.floor(s1/60);
    var m2 = m1%60;
    var h1 = Math.floor(m1/60);
    var string = formatTime(h1) +":" + formatTime(m2) + ":" + formatTime(s2);
    return string;
}

Answer 2

var diff = moment(end).unix() - moment(start).unix();
moment.utc(moment.duration(diff).asMilliseconds()).format("HH:mm:ss.SSS");

Answer 3

You don't need .format. Use durations like this:

const duration = moment.duration(83, 'seconds');
console.log(duration.minutes() + ':' +duration.seconds());
// output: 1:23

I found this solution here: https://github.com/moment/moment/issues/463

EDIT:

And with padding for seconds, minutes and hours:

const withPadding = (duration) => {
    if (duration.asDays() > 0) {
        return 'at least one day';
    } else {
        return [
            ('0' + duration.hours()).slice(-2),
            ('0' + duration.minutes()).slice(-2),
            ('0' + duration.seconds()).slice(-2),
        ].join(':')
    }
}

withPadding(moment.duration(83, 'seconds'))
// 00:01:23

withPadding(moment.duration(6048000, 'seconds'))
// at least one day

Answer 4

My solution that does not involve any other library and it works with diff > 24h

var momentInSeconds = moment.duration(n,'seconds')
console.log(("0" + Math.floor(momentInSeconds.asHours())).slice(-2) + ':' + ("0" + momentInSeconds.minutes()).slice(-2) + ':' + ("0" + momentInSeconds.seconds()).slice(-2))

Answer 5

The best scenario for my particular use case was:

var duration = moment.duration("09:30"),
    formatted = moment.utc(duration.asMilliseconds()).format("HH:mm");

This improves upon @Wilson's answer since it does not access private internal property _data.

Answer 6

Use moment-duration-format.

Client Framework (ex: React)

import moment from 'moment';
import momentDurationFormatSetup from 'moment-duration-format';
momentDurationFormatSetup(moment);

const breakLengthInMinutes = moment.duration(breakLengthInSeconds, 's').format('m');

Server (node.js)

const moment = require("moment-timezone");
const momentDurationFormatSetup = require("moment-duration-format");

momentDurationFormatSetup(moment);

const breakLengthInMinutes = moment.duration(breakLengthInSeconds, 's').format('m');