PerformanceEntry.duration

The duration property returns a timestamp that is the duration of the performance entry.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers

The value returned by this property depends on the performance entry's type:

This property is Read only .

Syntax

entry.duration;

Return value

A DOMHighResTimeStamp representing the duration of the performance entry. If the duration concept doesn't apply for a particular performance metric, the browser may choose to return a duration of 0.

Note: if the performance entry has an entryType of "resource" (i.e. the entry is a PerformanceResourceTiming object), this property returns the difference between the PerformanceResourceTiming.responseEnd and PerformanceEntry.startTime timestamps.

Example

The following example shows the use of the duration property.

function run_PerformanceEntry() {
  log("PerformanceEntry support ...");

  if (performance.mark === undefined) {
    log("... performance.mark Not supported");
    return;
  }

  // Create some performance entries via the mark() method
  performance.mark("Begin");
  do_work(50000);
  performance.mark("End");

  // Use getEntries() to iterate through the each entry
  var p = performance.getEntries();
  for (var i=0; i < p.length; i++) {
    log("Entry[" + i + "]");
    check_PerformanceEntry(p[i]);
  }
}
function check_PerformanceEntry(obj) {
  var properties = ["name", "entryType", "startTime", "duration"];
  var methods = ["toJSON"];

  for (var i=0; i < properties.length; i++) {
    // check each property
    var supported = properties[i] in obj;
    if (supported)
      log("..." + properties[i] + " = " + obj[properties[i]]);
    else
      log("..." + properties[i] + " = Not supported");
  }
  for (var i=0; i < methods.length; i++) {
    // check each method
    var supported = typeof obj[methods[i]] == "function";
    if (supported) {
      var js = obj[methods[i]]();
      log("..." + methods[i] + "() = " + JSON.stringify(js));
    } else {
      log("..." + methods[i] + " = Not supported");
    }
  }
}

Specifications

Specification
Performance Timeline Level 2 (Performance Timeline 2)
# dom-performanceentry-duration

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
duration
28
12
35
10
15
11
≤37
28
35
14
11
1.5

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PerformanceEntry/duration