# Temporal.Duration — Instance methods

> {{jsxref("Temporal/Duration/abs", "Temporal.Duration.prototype.abs()")}} : Returns a new Temporal.Duration object with the absolute value of this duration (all fields keep the same magnitude, but sign becomes positive).

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{{jsxref("Temporal/Duration/abs", "Temporal.Duration.prototype.abs()")}} : Returns a new Temporal.Duration object with the absolute value of this duration (all fields keep the same magnitude, but sign becomes positive). {{jsxref("Temporal/Duration/add", "Temporal.Duration.prototype.add()")}} : Returns a new Temporal.Duration object with the sum of this duration and a given duration (in a form convertible by {{jsxref("Temporal/Duration/from", "Temporal.Duration.from()")}}). The result is balanced. {{jsxref("Temporal/Duration/negated", "Temporal.Duration.prototype.negated()")}} : Returns a new Temporal.Duration object with the negated value of this duration (all fields keep the same magnitude, but sign becomes reversed). {{jsxref("Temporal/Duration/round", "Temporal.Duration.prototype.round()")}} : Returns a new Temporal.Duration object with the duration rounded to the given smallest unit and/or balanced to the given largest unit. {{jsxref("Temporal/Duration/subtract", "Temporal.Duration.prototype.subtract()")}} : Returns a new Temporal.Duration object with the difference between this duration and a given duration (in a form convertible by {{jsxref("Temporal/Duration/from", "Temporal.Duration.from()")}}). Equivalent to adding the negated value of the other duration. {{jsxref("Temporal/Duration/toJSON", "Temporal.Duration.prototype.toJSON()")}} : Returns a string representing this duration in the same ISO 8601 format as calling {{jsxref("Temporal/Duration/toString", "toString()")}}. Intended to be implicitly called by {{jsxref("JSON.stringify()")}}. {{jsxref("Temporal/Duration/toLocaleString", "Temporal.Duration.prototype.toLocaleString()")}} : Returns a string with a language-sensitive representation of this duration. In implementations with Intl.DurationFormat API support, this method delegates to Intl.DurationFormat. {{jsxref("Temporal/Duration/toString", "Temporal.Duration.prototype.toString()")}} : Returns a string representing this duration in the ISO 8601 format. {{jsxref("Temporal/Duration/total", "Temporal.Duration.prototype.total()")}} : Returns a number representing the total duration in the given unit. …

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