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JavaScript: Convert milliseconds to object with days, hours, minutes, and seconds
function convertMS(ms) {
var d, h, m, s;
s = Math.floor(ms / 1000);
m = Math.floor(s / 60);
s = s % 60;
h = Math.floor(m / 60);
m = m % 60;
d = Math.floor(h / 24);
h = h % 24;
return { d: d, h: h, m: m, s: s };
};
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remino commented Jan 5, 2012

Pass an amount of milliseconds as an argument when calling the function, and you'll obtain an object with properties d, h, m, and s, with the number of days, hours, minutes, and seconds, respectively. Useful if you wish to calculate the amount of time between two Unix timestamps.

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remino commented Jan 5, 2012

You may also want to try the DateDiff and DateMeasure objects: https://gist.github.com/1563963

@shanejdonnelly
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Thank you - nice and clean, just what I needed!

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remino commented Jul 30, 2015

My code for msconvert.js above is licensed under Unlicense: http://choosealicense.com/licenses/unlicense/

In simpler words, just copy it and go crazy. You don't even need to mention me.

@ZatsuneNoMokou
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Adding the rest of the ms could be nice. Something like new_ms = Math.floor((ms % 1000) * 1000) / 1000; and adding it to the return.

@juslintek
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When I do programming, most the time I get stuck with basic maths lol. 👍 And you solved my problem with mod, thats what I needed. 😈

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samueleaton commented May 20, 2018

including the remaining MS:

function destructMS(milli) {
  if (isNaN(milli) || milli < 0) {
    return null;
  }

  var d, h, m, s, ms;
  s = Math.floor(milli / 1000);
  m = Math.floor(s / 60);
  s = s % 60;
  h = Math.floor(m / 60);
  m = m % 60;
  d = Math.floor(h / 24);
  h = h % 24;
  ms = Math.floor((milli % 1000) * 1000) / 1000;
  return { d: d, h: h, m: m, s: s, ms: ms };
}
destructMS(10034)
//=> { d: 0, h: 0, m: 0, s: 10, ms: 34 }

@BlagovestGerov
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Thanks, I used it - msconvert.js.

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ferolika commented Jul 3, 2018

var timer;

var compareDate = new Date();
compareDate.setDate(compareDate.getDate() + 7); //just for this demo today + 7 days

timer = setInterval(function() {
timeBetweenDates(compareDate);
}, 1000);

function timeBetweenDates(toDate) {
var dateEntered = toDate;
var now = new Date();
var difference = dateEntered.getTime() - now.getTime();

if (difference <= 0) {

// Timer done
clearInterval(timer);

} else {

var seconds = Math.floor(difference / 1000);
var minutes = Math.floor(seconds / 60);
var hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60);
var days = Math.floor(hours / 24);

hours %= 24;
minutes %= 60;
seconds %= 60;

$("#days").text(days);
$("#hours").text(hours);
$("#minutes").text(minutes);
$("#seconds").text(seconds);

}
}

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ferolika commented Jul 3, 2018

var timer;

var compareDate = new Date();
compareDate.setDate(compareDate.getDate() + 7); //just for this demo today + 7 days

timer = setInterval(function() {
timeBetweenDates(compareDate);
}, 1000);

function timeBetweenDates(toDate) {
var dateEntered = toDate;
var now = new Date();
var difference = dateEntered.getTime() - now.getTime();

if (difference <= 0) {

// Timer done
clearInterval(timer);

} else {

var seconds = Math.floor(difference / 1000);
var minutes = Math.floor(seconds / 60);
var hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60);
var days = Math.floor(hours / 24);

hours %= 24;
minutes %= 60;
seconds %= 60;

$("#days").text(days);
$("#hours").text(hours);
$("#minutes").text(minutes);
$("#seconds").text(seconds);

}
}

(i want this code in typescript,will u please give the code....

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arsenal131 commented Oct 30, 2019

I put code above on my little hobby project https://github.com/arsenal131/stopwatch

@gabrielbissey
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Thank you!

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