--- title: PerformanceEntry.duration slug: Web/API/PerformanceEntry/duration translation_of: Web/API/PerformanceEntry/duration ---
{{APIRef("Performance Timeline API")}}

The duration property returns a {{domxref("DOMHighResTimeStamp","timestamp")}} that is the duration of the {{domxref("PerformanceEntry","performance entry")}}.

The value returned by this property depends on the performance entry's {{domxref("PerformanceEntry.entryType","type")}}:

This property is {{readonlyInline}}.

Syntax

entry.duration;

Return value

A {{domxref("DOMHighResTimeStamp")}} representing the duration of the {{domxref("PerformanceEntry","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 {{domxref("PerformanceEntry.entryType","entryType")}} of "resource" (i.e. the entry is a {{domxref("PerformanceResourceTiming")}} object), this property returns the difference between the {{domxref("PerformanceEntry.responseEnd")}} and {{domxref("PerformanceEntry.startTime")}} {{domxref("DOMHighResTimeStamp","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 Status Comment
{{SpecName('Performance Timeline Level 2', '#dom-performanceentry-duration', 'duration')}} {{Spec2('Performance Timeline Level 2')}}  
{{SpecName('Performance Timeline', '#dom-performanceentry-duration', 'duration')}} {{Spec2('Performance Timeline')}} Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

{{Compat("api.PerformanceEntry.duration")}}