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# attributed

A property that formats the duration as an attributed string.

```
var attributed: Duration.TimeFormatStyle.Attributed { get }
```

## Discussion

Apply the `attributed` property to a configured [`Duration.TimeFormatStyle`](/documentation/Swift/Duration/TimeFormatStyle) to produce an [`Duration.TimeFormatStyle.Attributed`](/documentation/Swift/Duration/TimeFormatStyle/Attributed-swift.struct) style. You can then format a duration with this style to create a formatted <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/AttributedString>. The formatted attributed string contains instances of <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/AttributeScopes/FoundationAttributes/DateFieldAttribute> for runs with formatted durations.

The following example formats a duration as an attributed string:

```
let duration = Duration.seconds(70 * 60 + 32) +
    Duration.milliseconds(400)
let style = Duration.TimeFormatStyle(pattern: .hourMinuteSecond).attributed
let attributedDuration = duration.formatted(style)
```

The resulting `attributedDuration`, representing the string `1:10:32` contains the following runs:

|Run |Attributes                                    |
|----|----------------------------------------------|
|`1` |`Foundation.DurationFormatAttribute = hours`  |
|`:` |None                                          |
|`10`|`Foundation.DurationFormatAttribute = minutes`|
|`:` |None                                          |
|`32`|`Foundation.DurationFormatAttribute = seconds`|

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