# std::chrono::operator<< (std::chrono::duration)

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Defined in header `<chrono>` |  |
template <class CharT, class Traits, class Rep, class Period> std::basic_ostream <CharT, Traits>& operator<<( std::basic_ostream <CharT, Traits>& os, const std::chrono::duration <Rep, Period>& d); |  | (since C++20)

Inserts a textual representation of `d` into `os`. The behavior is undefined if `CharT` is neither char or wchar_t, or if `Rep` is neither a floating-point type nor a integral type with conversion rank equal to or greater than short.

Behaves as if it forms a std::basic_string <CharT, Traits> `str` initially consisting of the characters in std::to_string (d.count()) (if `CharT` is char) or std::to_wstring (d.count()) (if `CharT` is wchar_t). Appends to `str` a suffix based on `Period::type` according to the following table, and inserts `str` into the stream with `os << str;`.

`Period::type` | Suffix
std::atto | `as`
std::femto | `fs`
std::pico | `ps`
std::nano | `ns`
std::micro | `µs` (U+00B5)
std::milli | `ms`
std::centi | `cs`
std::deci | `ds`
`std::ratio<1>` | `s`
std::deca | `das`
std::hecto | `hs`
std::kilo | `ks`
std::mega | `Ms`
std::giga | `Gs`
std::tera | `Ts`
std::peta | `Ps`
std::exa | `Es`
`std::ratio<60>` | `min`
`std::ratio<3600>` | `h`
None of the above, and Period::type::den == 1 | `[num]s`
None of the above | `[num/den]s`

For std::micro, if the character µ (U+00B5) cannot be represented in the encoding used for `CharT`, the suffix "`us`" is used instead.

For the last two rows of the table, `num` and `den` in the suffix are `Period::type::num` and `Period::type::den` formatted as a decimal number with no leading zeroes, respectively.

### Return value

A reference to the stream, i.e., `os`.

### Notes

`d.count()` is formatted using the rules of std::to_string/std::to_wstring. In particular, if `Rep` is a floating-point type, it is always formatted with 6 digits after the decimal point, and the number of significant digits in the resulting string may be zero if `d.count()` is small.

### See also

to_stream (C++20) | outputs a `duration` into a stream according to the provided format (function template)
operator<<operator>> | performs stream input and output on strings (function template)
to_string (C++11) | converts an integral or floating point value to `string` (function)
to_wstring (C++11) | converts an integral or floating point value to `wstring` (function)

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