Template:Duration: Difference between revisions

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Convert a duration to a human-readable format.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Days	`Days` `days`	Days to add to the duration.	Number	optional
Hours	`Hours` `hours`	Hours to add to the duration.	Number	optional
Minutes	`Minutes` `minutes`	Minutes to add to the duration.	Number	optional
Seconds	`Seconds` `1` `seconds`	Seconds to add to the duration.	Number	optional

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This template converts a duration in seconds to a human-readable format that is broken up into hours, minutes, and seconds.

Usage

Use the Seconds, Minutes, Hours and Days parameters to set the duration.

Examples

Wikitext	Renders as
{{Duration\|seconds=4830}}	1 h 20 min 30 s
{{Duration\|hours=2.5}}	2 h 30 min
{{Duration\|seconds=7200}}	2 h
{{Duration\|hours=2\|seconds=30}}	2 h 30 s
{{Duration\|seconds=333}}	5 min 33 s
{{Duration\|seconds=120}}	2 min
{{Duration\|seconds=42}}	42 s

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-<includeonly>{{#if: {{{seconds}}} |<!--
+<includeonly>{{#invoke:Duration|fromSeconds}}</includeonly><noinclude><templatedata>{
--->{{#ifexpr: {{{seconds}}} > 3600 | {{#expr: trunc ({{{seconds}}} / 3600)}}&nbsp;h&nbsp;}}<!--
+	"description": "Convert a duration to a human-readable format.",
--->{{#ifexpr: {{{seconds}}} mod 3600 > 60 | {{#expr: trunc (({{{seconds}}}-(trunc ({{{seconds}}} / 3600))*3600) / 60)}}&nbsp;min&nbsp;}}<!--
+	"params": {
--->{{#ifexpr: {{{seconds}}} mod 60 > 0 or {{{seconds}}} = 0 | {{#expr: {{{seconds}}}-(trunc ({{{seconds}}} / 60))*60 }}&nbsp;s}}<!--
+		"Seconds": {
--->}}</includeonly><noinclude>{{Documentation}}</noinclude>
+			"label": "Seconds",
+			"type": "number",
+			"required": false,
+			"suggested": false,
+			"description": "Seconds to add to the duration.",
+			"aliases": [
+,
+				"seconds"
+			]
+		},
+		"Minutes": {
+			"label": "Minutes",
+			"type": "number",
+			"required": false,
+			"suggested": false,
+			"description": "Minutes to add to the duration.",
+			"aliases": [
+				"minutes"
+			]
+		},
+		"Hours": {
+			"label": "Hours",
+			"type": "number",
+			"required": false,
+			"suggested": false,
+			"description": "Hours to add to the duration.",
+			"aliases": [
+				"hours"
+			]
+		},
+		"Days": {
+			"label": "Days",
+			"type": "number",
+			"required": false,
+			"suggested": false,
+			"description": "Days to add to the duration.",
+			"aliases": [
+				"days"
+			]
+		}
+	},
+	"paramOrder": [
+		"Days",
+		"Hours",
+		"Minutes",
+		"Seconds"
+	]
+}</templatedata>{{Documentation}}</noinclude>