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This function returns a text representing a time duration (in milliseconds), i.e. the difference between two date-time values, using the current user's language.


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formatDuration(duration) #Output: Text


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formatDuration(2020-01-31 11:30 - 2020-01-30 00:00)


This example returns:

1 day, 11 hours, 30 minutes

(Given the user language is set to English.)


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formatDuration(60000)


This example returns:

1 minute

(Given the user language is set to English.)


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formatDuration({issue.resolutionDate} - {issue.created})


This example returns the time between the creation and resolution of an issue.




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Parameters used in this function

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duration

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A number representing a duration (in milliseconds) or the calculation of a duration.



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This function returns a

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This function is extremely helpful when you want to automatically calculate the duration in JWT calculated text fields.

If you prefer a more comprehensive representation, please see shortFormatDuration().

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shortFormatDuration()1d 11h 30m
formatDuration() 1 day, 11 hours, 30 minutes




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Notes

There's not really a workaround for this, because Jira Expressions don't let you calculate the difference between dates, nor working with Duration values.

Also, with our parser we can calculate the difference, but we can't format it.




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Short description

Returns a duration in text form.

Output

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