Total # in seconds for a given time

[Graham]

I have a variable which can be in the format "mm:ss" or "hh:mm:ss". I would
like to extract the total number of seconds from this.

Ie "01:30" would be 90 seconds.

Thanks in advance !

[Evertjan.]

Graham wrote on 10 jul 2003 in comp.lang.javascript:

I have a variable which can be in the format "mm:ss" or "hh:mm:ss". I
would like to extract the total number of seconds from this.

Ie "01:30" would be 90 seconds.

<script>
function hms2sec(v){
a=v.split(":")
if (a.length==2)
r=60*a[0]+1*a[1]
else
r=60*60*a[0]+60*a[1]+1*a[2]
return r
}

alert(hms2sec("01:30"))
alert(hms2sec("12:01:30"))
</script>
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[Grant Wagner]

Graham wrote:

I have a variable which can be in the format "mm:ss" or "hh:mm:ss". I would
like to extract the total number of seconds from this.

Ie "01:30" would be 90 seconds.

Thanks in advance !

<script type="text/javascript">
var seconds = 0, index = 0;
var t = "01:01:30";
var timeParts = t.split(/:/);
if (timeParts.length > 2) { // seconds in hours
seconds += 60 * 60 * parseInt(timeParts[index], 10);
index++;
}
if (timeParts.length > 1) { // seconds in minutes
seconds += 60 * parseInt(timeParts[index], 10);
index++;
}
seconds += parseInt(timeParts[index], 10); // seconds
alert(seconds);
</script>

This assumes your variable is either "hh:mm:ss" or "mm:ss" (it even supports
"ss"). If it's ever "dd:hh:mm:ss" or some other format, it will provide
incorrect results.

If you don't need support for "ss", you can remove the condition identified by
"// seconds in minutes".

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