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A enhanced, type-safe time conversion library. Convert between milliseconds and human-readable time strings with full TypeScript support and localization.

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BetterMS ⏱️

A enhanced, type-safe time conversion library for Node.js and browsers. Convert between milliseconds and human-readable time strings with full TypeScript support.

Features

  • 🚀 Type Safe: Full TypeScript support with strict types
  • 📦 Zero Dependencies: Lightweight and self-contained
  • 🔄 Bidirectional: Convert from milliseconds to strings and vice versa
  • 🎯 Accurate: Uses precise time calculations (365.25 days/year, 30.4375 days/month)
  • 📏 Flexible: Supports multiple time formats and abbreviations
  • 🌍 Localizable: Support for multiple languages and custom locales
  • ⚡ Modern: ES Modules, Tree-shakable, and fully typed

Installation

npm install type-better-ms

Quick Start

import ms from 'type-better-ms';

// Convert string to milliseconds
ms('1 day 2 hours 30 minutes'); // → 95400000
ms('2w 3d 12h');               // → 1512000000

// Convert milliseconds to string
ms(95400000);  // → "1 day 2 hours 30 minutes"
ms(1483200000); // → "2 weeks 3 days 4 hours"

API

ms(value: string): number

Convert a time string to milliseconds.

ms(value: number): string

Convert milliseconds to a human-readable time string.

Time Formats

BetterMS supports a wide variety of time formats:

Unit Supported Formats
Century century, centuries, CENT, c
Decade decade, decades, DEC
Year year, years, Y, y
Month month, months, M
Week week, weeks, W, w
Day day, days, D, d
Hour hour, hours, H, h
Minute minute, minutes, MIN, min, m
Second second, seconds, SEC, sec, s
Millisecond millisecond, milliseconds, MS, ms

Examples

String to Milliseconds

ms('5d 12m 45s')          // → 432765000
ms('55 sec')              // → 55000
ms('1 year 2 months')     // → 36709200000
ms('1 MONTH 12 DAYS')     // → 3732480000
ms('2.5 hours')           // → 9000000
ms('1.5d')                // → 129600000

Milliseconds to String

ms(39447000000)  // → "1 year 3 months"
ms(3666600000)   // → "1 month 1 week 5 days"
ms(55000)        // → "55 seconds"
ms(9000000)      // → "2 hours 30 minutes"

Advanced Usage

Direct Function Imports

import { toMS, fromMS } from 'type-better-ms';

toMS('2 days 6 hours');    // → 194400000
fromMS(194400000);         // → "2 days 6 hours"

Utility Functions

import { convertMiliseconds, convertMilisecondsWithRemainder } from 'type-better-ms';

convertMiliseconds(55000)                    // → "55 seconds"
convertMiliseconds(55900)                    // → "55 seconds" (rounded)
convertMiliseconds(39447000000, false)       // → "1.25 years" (exact)

convertMilisecondsWithRemainder(39447000000) 
// → { string: "1 year", remainder: 2835000000 }

Localization

BetterMS supports multiple languages. Register custom locales:

import { registerLocales } from 'type-better-ms';
import { ENLocale } from 'type-better-ms';
import { RULocale } from 'type-better-ms';

// Register with English as fallback
registerLocales(RULocale, true);
registerLocales(myLocale, true);

// Register multiple locales
registerLocales([RULocale, ENLocale]);

Time Calculations

BetterMS uses precise time calculations:

  • Year: 365.25 days
  • Month: 30.4375 days (average)
  • Week: 7 days
  • Day: 24 hours

This ensures accurate conversions for all time periods.

Building from Source

git clone https://github.com/Makar-Ts/BetterMS.git
cd BetterMS
npm install
npm run build
npm run test

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.