Nushell

into duration for conversions

Convert value to duration.

Signature

> into duration ...rest --convert

Parameters

  • ...rest: for a data structure input, convert data at the given cell paths
  • --convert {string}: convert duration into another duration

Notes

This command does not take leap years into account, and every month is assumed to have 30 days.

Examples

Convert string to duration in table

> [[value]; ['1sec'] ['2min'] ['3hr'] ['4day'] ['5wk']] | into duration value
╭───┬─────────────╮
│ # │    value    │
├───┼─────────────┤
│ 0 │        1sec │
│ 1 │        2min │
│ 2 │         3hr │
│ 3 │        4day │
│ 4 │ 1month 5day │
╰───┴─────────────╯

Convert string to duration

> '7min' | into duration
7min

Convert string to the requested duration as a string

> '7min' | into duration --convert sec
420 sec

Convert duration to duration

> 420sec | into duration
7min

Convert duration to the requested duration as a string

> 420sec | into duration --convert ms
420000 ms

Convert µs duration to the requested duration as a string

> 1000000µs | into duration --convert sec
1 sec

Convert duration to the µs duration as a string

> 1sec | into duration --convert µs
1000000 µs

Convert duration to µs as a string if unit asked for was us

> 1sec | into duration --convert us
1000000 µs