Intl.DurationFormat

Baseline 2025
Newly available

Since March 2025, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

The Intl.DurationFormat object enables language-sensitive duration formatting.

Constructor

Intl.DurationFormat()

Creates a new Intl.DurationFormat object.

Static methods

Intl.DurationFormat.supportedLocalesOf()

Returns an array containing those of the provided locales that are supported without having to fall back to the runtime's default locale.

Instance properties

These properties are defined on Intl.DurationFormat.prototype and shared by all Intl.DurationFormat instances.

Intl.DurationFormat.prototype.constructor

The constructor function that created the instance object. For Intl.DurationFormat instances, the initial value is the Intl.DurationFormat constructor.

Intl.DurationFormat.prototype[Symbol.toStringTag]

The initial value of the [Symbol.toStringTag] property is the string "Intl.DurationFormat". This property is used in Object.prototype.toString().

Instance methods

Intl.DurationFormat.prototype.format()

Getter function that formats a duration according to the locale and formatting options of this DurationFormat object.

Intl.DurationFormat.prototype.formatToParts()

Returns an Array of objects representing the formatted duration in parts.

Intl.DurationFormat.prototype.resolvedOptions()

Returns a new object with properties reflecting the locale and formatting options computed during initialization of the object.

Examples

Using Intl.DurationFormat

The examples below show how to use the Intl.DurationFormat object to format a duration object with various locales and styles.

js
const duration = {
  hours: 1,
  minutes: 46,
  seconds: 40,
};

// With style set to "long" and locale "fr-FR"
new Intl.DurationFormat("fr-FR", { style: "long" }).format(duration);
// "1 heure, 46 minutes et 40 secondes"

// With style set to "short" and locale "en"
new Intl.DurationFormat("en", { style: "short" }).format(duration);
// "1 hr, 46 min and 40 sec"

// With style set to "narrow" and locale "pt"
new Intl.DurationFormat("pt", { style: "narrow" }).format(duration);
// "1h 46min 40s"

Specifications

Specification
Intl.DurationFormat
# durationformat-objects

Browser compatibility

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See also