Halo 5 Api Unknown TimeStamp

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So I am currently working with the Halo 5 api provided by 343 Industries. While parsing the data I came across a time stamp that I've never seen before.

PT1H6M19.6203713S

I was curious as to what format it is and if it is possible to convert it using JavaScript. Passing this into the new Date() constructor doesn't work.

Could it be Pacific Time 1 hour, 6 minutes, and 19.6203713 seconds? — Adam Azad, Nov 24 '15 at 22:47
That's what I was thinking, however, I am Mountain Time. I felt the PT could stand for Play Time but it just didn't feel like it belonged in a time stamp. — Vannilaknight, Nov 24 '15 at 22:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

This is the ISO_8601 duration format:

The capital letters P, Y, M, W, D, T, H, M, and S are designators for each of the date and time elements and are not replaced.

P is the duration designator (for period) placed at the start of the duration representation.
Y is the year designator that follows the value for the number of years.
M is the month designator that follows the value for the number of months.
W is the week designator that follows the value for the number of weeks.
D is the day designator that follows the value for the number of days.
T is the time designator that precedes the time components of the representation.
H is the hour designator that follows the value for the number of hours.
M is the minute designator that follows the value for the number of minutes.
S is the second designator that follows the value for the number of seconds.

For JavaScript you could use the momentjs library, which can parse these strings. See this question and answer:

...with the moment.duration method:
moment.duration('P1Y2M3DT4H5M6S')

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