back-in-time

Introduction

A versatile JavaScript library for simplified historical date. "back-in-time" provides an intuitive module that allows developers to effortlessly retrieve past dates from previous years and obtain them in an array with customizable formatting.

Key Features:

- Date Generation: Easily generate past dates by specifying the number of years ago.

-Custom Formatting: Format the output dates according to your application's requirements.

-Date Array: Retrieve dates in an array, enabling efficient batch processing.

-Lightweight: Keep your project dependencies minimal with a lightweight and efficient utility.

About Package ?

backInTime(currentDate, yearsToBack, dateFormat);

Installation

npm install back-in-time

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
currentDate	String	-	currentDate paramete is required, this parameter will ensure that from which date you want to reverse to
yearsToBack	String	-	yearsToBack paramete is required, this parameter will behave like end date where you want to stop
dateFormat	String	YYYY-MM-DD	dateFormat paramete is Optional, with the help of this parameter you can decide you date fromat when you get output

Usage

const { backInTime } = require("back-in-time");

const dates = backInTime("2024-01-01", "2022-01-01");
console.log(dates)

Expected Output

[
  '2022-01-01', '2022-02-01',
  '2022-03-01', '2022-04-01',
  '2022-05-01', '2022-06-01',
  '2022-07-01', '2022-08-01',
  '2022-09-01', '2022-10-01',
  '2022-11-01', '2022-12-01',
  '2023-01-01', '2023-02-01',
  '2023-03-01', '2023-04-01',
  '2023-05-01', '2023-06-01',
  '2023-07-01', '2023-08-01',
  '2023-09-01', '2023-10-01',
  '2023-11-01', '2023-12-01',
  '2024-01-01'
]

Supported Date Formats

Format Code	Date
MMMM Do YYYY	January 21st 2024
YYYY/MM/DD	2024/01/21
D MMM, YYYY	21 Jan, 2024
dddd, MMMM Do YYYY	Sunday, January 21st 2024
ddd, MMM D YYYY	Sun, Jan 21 2024
MMMM D, YYYY	January 21, 2024
ddd, MMMM D YYYY	Sun, January 21 2024
YYYY-MM-DD	2024-01-21