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ISO 8601 Duration Parser

Parse and explain P1Y2M3DT4H5M6S durations.

Human readable
1 year, 2 months, 3 days, 4 hours, 5 minutes, 6 seconds

Approx total seconds: 37,091,538

Approx total days: 429.30

Approx total hours: 10303.20

Examples

  • PT1H - 1 hour
  • PT15M - 15 minutes
  • PT30S - 30 seconds
  • P1D - 1 day
  • P1W - 1 week
  • P1Y - 1 year
  • P1DT12H - 1 day 12 hours

ISO 8601 duration format. Used by YouTube API (video length), schema.org, ActivityStreams, and many calendar/scheduling APIs. Years and months are approximate (months vary in length, leap years exist).

About

Type an ISO 8601 duration like P1Y2M3DT4H5M6S. The tool returns the human-readable form plus approximate total seconds, days, and hours.

How to use

  1. Type an ISO duration.

FAQ

Where is this used?+

YouTube API video durations, schema.org, ActivityStreams, ISO 8601 calendars, and many scheduling APIs. PT5M30S = 5 min 30 sec.