@bbc/psammead-timestamp

psammead-timestamp -

Description

Displays a timestamp, with suitable semantic markup.

When to use this component

For displaying an isolated timestamp, separate from the other content in an article or cell.

When not to use this component

When a date or time is to be displayed inline inside a paragraph.

Installation

npm install @bbc/psammead-timestamp

Props

Argument	Type	Required	Default	Example
datetime	string (supported formats)	Yes	N/A	2006-09-24T05:00-07:00
typographyFunc	function	No	getBrevier	function getPica(script){ return 'font-size: 28'; }
padding	boolean	No	true	false
script	object	Yes	N/A	{ canon: { groupA: { fontSize: '28', lineHeight: '32',}, groupB: { fontSize: '32', lineHeight: '36', }, groupD: { fontSize: '44', lineHeight: '48', }, }, trafalgar: { groupA: { fontSize: '20', lineHeight: '24', }, groupB: { fontSize: '24', lineHeight: '28', }, groupD: { fontSize: '32', lineHeight: '36', }, }, }
service	string	Yes	N/A	'news'
darkMode	bool	no	false	true

Usage

import { latin } from '@bbc/gel-foundations/scripts';
import { getPica } from '@bbc/gel-foundations/typography';

const WrappingContainer = () => (
  <Timestamp
    datetime="2019-03-01T14:00+00:00"
    typographyFunc={getPica}
    padding={false}
    script={latin}
    service="news"
  >
    Friday 1 March 2019
  </Timestamp>
);

Accessibility notes

The usage of the semantic time element within this component can result in strange behaviours when using assistive technology such as VoiceOver for iOS. Specifically, it results in a "text splitting" behaviour, where any text in the prefix is read out, but the value inside the semantic time element require an additional swipe before being read out.

However, as we heavily encourage the use of this semantic element, and want to ensure it's usage is in line with the W3C examples, we feel this compromise is necessary.

Contributing

Simorgh is completely open source. We are grateful for any contributions, whether they be new components, bug fixes or general improvements. Please see our primary contributing guide which can be found at the root of the Simorgh respository.

Code of Conduct

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License

Simorgh is Apache 2.0 licensed.