into duration for conversions

Signature

> into duration {flags} ...rest

Flags

• --unit, -u {string}: Unit to convert number into (will have an effect only with integer input)

Parameters

• ...rest: for a data structure input, convert data at the given cell paths

Input/output types:

Examples

Convert duration string to duration value

>'7min'|into duration
7min

Convert compound duration string to duration value

>'1day 2hr 3min 4sec'|into duration
1day2hr3min4sec

Convert table of duration strings to table of duration values

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

Convert duration to duration

>420sec|into duration
7min

Convert a number of ns to duration

>1_234_567|into duration
1ms234µs567ns

Convert a number of an arbitrary unit to duration

>1_234|into duration--unitms
1sec234ms

Notes

Max duration value is i64::MAX nanoseconds; max duration time unit is wk (weeks).