# Duration formatting outside of perspective tables

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/duration-formatting-outside-of-perspective-tables/32185>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [February 12, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/duration-formatting-outside-of-perspective-tables/32185 "2020-02-12T17:58:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/duration-formatting-outside-of-perspective-tables/32185/1 "2020-02-12T17:58:56Z")

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I’ve noticed that in Perspective tables, if you set `numberFormat` to `00:00:00`, you get the data (assuming it’s a time in seconds) formatted as a duration. Is there any way to do this outside of tables?