shortFormatDuration() | Decadis App Help Center

This function returns a text representing a time duration (in milliseconds), i.e. the difference between two date-time values, using the current user's language.

The returned value the most comprehensive short for of the duration.

Bash

shortFormatDuration(duration) #Output: Text

Examples

Parser expression	Description
Bash `shortFormatDuration(2020-01-31 11:30 - 2020-01-30 00:00)`	This example returns : 1d 11h 30m (Given the user language is set to English.)
Bash `shortFormatDuration(60000)`	This example returns : 1m (Given the user language is set to English.)

Parser expression

Description

Bash

shortFormatDuration(2020-01-31 11:30 - 2020-01-30 00:00)

This example returns :

1d 11h 30m

(Given the user language is set to English.)

Bash

shortFormatDuration(60000)

This example returns :

(Given the user language is set to English.)

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`duration`	number	A number representing a duration (in milliseconds) or the calculation of a duration.

Output

This function returns a text

This function is extremely helpful when you want to automatically calculate the duration in JWT calculated text fields.

If you prefer a more detailed representation, please see formatDuration().

Function	Output
`shortFormatDuration()`	`1d 11h 30m`
`formatDuration()`	`1 day, 11 hours, 30 minutes`

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