Moment JS - calculating duration in hours betwen 2 dates

Question

Having some issues with calculating a date time range. What im trying to accomplish is to have moment provide me the difference in hours.

For example, here is my script:

    var startTime = $('2016-02-21 18:00');
    var endTime = $('2016-02-21 19:30');
    var hours = moment(endTime, 'YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm').diff(moment(startTime, 'YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm')).duration().asHours();
console.log(hours);

I am expecting that my console.log(hours) returns something like 1.5 (estimated in hours). But instead it's returning this error:

Uncaught TypeError: moment(...).diff(...).duration is not a function
    at <anonymous>:5:90
    at Object.InjectedScript._evaluateOn (<anonymous>:895:140)
    at Object.InjectedScript._evaluateAndWrap (<anonymous>:828:34)
    at Object.InjectedScript.evaluate (<anonymous>:694:21)

Would anyone have any ideas?

Heres a full example here https://jsfiddle.net/ewmq6sof/.

Answer 1

You need to wrap the difference in the duration:

var startTime = '2016-02-21 18:00';
var endTime = '2016-02-21 19:30';
var hours = moment
        .duration(moment(endTime, 'YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm')
        .diff(moment(startTime, 'YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm'))
        ).asHours();
console.log(hours); // 1.5