# Discourse Units - Convert durations, lengths and masses

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-units-convert-durations-lengths-and-masses/149360>\
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**Created:** [July 30, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-units-convert-durations-lengths-and-masses/149360 "2020-07-30T11:01:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-units-convert-durations-lengths-and-masses/149360/5 "2020-08-12T11:08:13Z")

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One plan of attack would be to have a few “acceptable full forms” and only accept truncations of those - so `mins, minutes` and `ins, inches` → `in` yes, `inside` no (there are extra letters on the end).

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