@fluentui/date-time-utilities

What is @fluentui/date-time-utilities?

@fluentui/date-time-utilities is a utility library for handling date and time operations, commonly used in conjunction with Fluent UI components. It provides a range of functions for date and time manipulation, formatting, and parsing.

What are @fluentui/date-time-utilities's main functionalities?

Date Arithmetic

This feature allows you to perform arithmetic operations on dates, such as adding days or months to a given date.

const { addDays, addMonths } = require('@fluentui/date-time-utilities');
const today = new Date();
const nextWeek = addDays(today, 7);
const nextMonth = addMonths(today, 1);
console.log(nextWeek, nextMonth);

Date Formatting

This feature provides functions to format dates into various string representations.

const { formatDate } = require('@fluentui/date-time-utilities');
const today = new Date();
const formattedDate = formatDate(today, 'MM/DD/YYYY');
console.log(formattedDate);

Date Parsing

This feature allows you to parse date strings into JavaScript Date objects based on a specified format.

const { parseDate } = require('@fluentui/date-time-utilities');
const dateString = '2023-10-01';
const parsedDate = parseDate(dateString, 'YYYY-MM-DD');
console.log(parsedDate);

Date Comparison

This feature provides functions to compare two dates, returning whether one is before, after, or the same as the other.

const { compareDates } = require('@fluentui/date-time-utilities');
const date1 = new Date('2023-10-01');
const date2 = new Date('2023-10-02');
const comparisonResult = compareDates(date1, date2);
console.log(comparisonResult);

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@fluentui/date-time-utilities

Date and time utilities for Fluent UI

This package includes a number of date and time utility functions used by Fluent UI React DatePicker and Calendar components.

See GitHub for more details on the Fluent UI React project and packages within.