Formatting
Human-readable durations, numbers, and dates
No API key required
All formatting utilities work offline. Import them from lyra-sdk/fmt or the main lyra-sdk package.
formatNumber(n)
Compact number formatting using Intl.NumberFormat.
import { formatNumber } from 'lyra-sdk/fmt'
formatNumber(1763613349) // "1.8B"
formatNumber(478000000) // "478M"
formatNumber(546436) // "546K"
formatNumber(1234) // "1.2K"formatDuration(seconds)
Compact duration formatting for longer time spans.
import { formatDuration } from 'lyra-sdk/fmt'
formatDuration(9347) // "2h 35m 47s"
formatDuration(5261) // "1h 27m 41s"
formatDuration(214) // "3m 34s"
formatDuration(45) // "45s"formatDurationClock(seconds)
Clock-style duration formatting for video-length display.
import { formatDurationClock } from 'lyra-sdk/fmt'
formatDurationClock(214) // "3:34"
formatDurationClock(5261) // "1:27:41"
formatDurationClock(45) // "0:45"formatDate(isoString)
Format an ISO 8601 timestamp into a long-form human-readable date.
import { formatDate } from 'lyra-sdk/fmt'
formatDate('2009-10-25T06:57:33.000Z') // "October 25, 2009"
formatDate('2024-01-15T00:00:00.000Z') // "January 15, 2024"parseDuration(iso8601)
Parse an ISO 8601 duration string (PT1H23M45S) into total seconds.
import { parseDuration } from 'lyra-sdk/fmt'
parseDuration('PT3M34S') // 214
parseDuration('PT1H27M41S') // 5261relativeTime(date)
Convert a date into a relative time string (e.g. "3 days ago").
import { relativeTime } from 'lyra-sdk/fmt'
relativeTime(new Date('2025-01-01')) // "3 months ago" (relative to now)