JavaScript: Get the human readable format of the given number of milliseconds

JavaScript fundamental (ES6 Syntax): Exercise-230 with Solution

Write a JavaScript program to generate the human-readable format in the given number of milliseconds.

• Divide ms with the appropriate values to obtain the appropriate values for day, hour, minute, second and millisecond.
• Use Object.entries() with Array.prototype.filter() to keep only non-zero values.
• Use Array.prototype.map() to create the string for each value, pluralizing appropriately.
• Use String.prototype.join(', ') to combine the values into a string.

Sample Solution:

JavaScript Code:

//#Source https://bit.ly/2neWfJ2 
const formatDuration = ms => {
  if (ms < 0) ms = -ms;
  const time = {
    day: Math.floor(ms / 86400000),
    hour: Math.floor(ms / 3600000) % 24,
    minute: Math.floor(ms / 60000) % 60,
    second: Math.floor(ms / 1000) % 60,
    millisecond: Math.floor(ms) % 1000
  };
  return Object.entries(time)
    .filter(val => val[1] !== 0)
    .map(val => val[1] + ' ' + (val[1] !== 1 ? val[0] + 's' : val[0]))
    .join(', ');
};

console.log(formatDuration(1001));
console.log(formatDuration(34325055574));

Sample Output:

1 second, 1 millisecond
397 days, 6 hours, 44 minutes, 15 seconds, 574 milliseconds

Flowchart:

Live Demo:

See the Pen javascript-basic-exercise-230-1 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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