approximate

approximate

A library to parse "approximate" dates.

• Trivial example:

  var approx = require('approximate')(2015);
  var parsedDate = approx('JAN 15');
  console.log(parsedDate); // yields ISO timestamp equivalent to January 15, 2015 00:00:00Zsomething something
  

• More complicated example: But what if I want to parse a more complex string and just get a valid Date object? Then I can do the same thing:

  var approx = require('approximate')(2015);
  var parsedDate = approx('JAN 15 - THE WILD ATARIS, LARGE TYPHOON, THE IGNORANT GOATS');
  console.log(parsedDate); // yields ISO timestamp equivalent to January 15, 2015 00:00:00Zsomething something
  

...and:

```javascript
var approx = require('approximate')(2015);
var parsedDate = approx('4/15 - April and the Showers, Flowers for April');
console.log(parsedDate); // yields ISO timestamp equivalent to January 15, 2015 00:00:00Zsomething something
```