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# ms
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Use this package to easily convert various time formats to milliseconds.
## Examples
```js
ms('2 days') // 172800000
ms('1d') // 86400000
ms('10h') // 36000000
ms('2.5 hrs') // 9000000
ms('2h') // 7200000
ms('1m') // 60000
ms('5s') // 5000
ms('1y') // 31557600000
ms('100') // 100
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ms('-3 days') // -259200000
ms('-1h') // -3600000
ms('-200') // -200
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```
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### Convert from Milliseconds
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```js
ms(60000) // "1m"
ms(2 * 60000) // "2m"
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ms(-3 * 60000) // "-3m"
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ms(ms('10 hours')) // "10h"
```
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### Time Format Written-Out
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```js
ms(60000, { long: true }) // "1 minute"
ms(2 * 60000, { long: true }) // "2 minutes"
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ms(-3 * 60000, { long: true }) // "-3 minutes"
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ms(ms('10 hours'), { long: true }) // "10 hours"
```
## Features
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- Works both in [Node.js ](https://nodejs.org ) and in the browser
- If a number is supplied to `ms` , a string with a unit is returned
- If a string that contains the number is supplied, it returns it as a number (e.g.: it returns `100` for `'100'` )
- If you pass a string with a number and a valid unit, the number of equivalent milliseconds is returned
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## Related Packages
- [ms.macro ](https://github.com/knpwrs/ms.macro ) - Run `ms` as a macro at build-time.
## Caught a Bug?
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1. [Fork ](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/ ) this repository to your own GitHub account and then [clone ](https://help.github.com/articles/cloning-a-repository/ ) it to your local device
2. Link the package to the global module directory: `npm link`
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3. Within the module you want to test your local development instance of ms, just link it to the dependencies: `npm link ms` . Instead of the default one from npm, Node.js will now use your clone of ms!
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As always, you can run the tests using: `npm test`