unixToDuration()

Takes in a Unix timestamp, and a measurement type (i.e. minutes), and returns the amount, or duration, in said type.

Usage

import { unixToDuration } from 'easy-dates';

getDuration(unixTimestamp, measure)

Prop types

prop	type	required	default
unixTimestamp	number	yes	null
measure	string	yes	days

Examples

const firstDate = new Date("December 17, 1995 03:24:00");
const secondDate = new Date("December 17, 2000 03:24:00");

// Gets difference between 1995 and 2000 as a Unix timestamp
const durationAsUnixTimestamp = getDuration(firstDate, secondDate, "seconds");

// Convert the Unix timestamp from seconds into years
unixToDuration(durationAsUnixTimestamp, "years") // 5.019230769230769

years since January 1st, 1970

const dateNow = new Date(Date.now())
unixToDuration(dateNow, "years") // 52