I want to show uptime in humanized format: 168732000 -> 2 days :x: Invalid JSONata expression: $moment.duration(168732000).humanize() :check_mark: It works: $moment(168732000).to(0, true) It seems that $moment.function() is not allowed in JSONata: moment.duration() moment.unix() moment.months…

This is because we expose the $moment() function, not the top level moment object that has the duration function hanging under it. So to answer the question directly - no it isn't possible today. Please considering raising an issue and we can look if its possible to add support. Although the whole…

This is the documentation for JSONata date/time functions Date/Time functions · JSONata ## `$now()`

There should be a humanise node in the node-red-contrib-moment package.

It would appear that the duration function and its sub functions are not working in JOSNata. Tested on 4.1.8

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Is it possible to use `$moment.duration()` in JSONata?

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Is it possible to use `$moment.duration()` in JSONata?

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