date-extended

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date-extended

date-extended is a Javascript library that can be used standalone or incorporated into extended

var date = require("date-extended");

Or

var myextended = require("extended")
	.register(require("date-extended"));

Installation

npm install date-extended

Or download the source (minified)

Usage

getDaysInMonth

Returns the number of days in the month of a date

 date.getDaysInMonth(new Date(2006, 1, 1)); //28
 date.getDaysInMonth(new Date(2004, 1, 1)); //29
 date.getDaysInMonth(new Date(2006, 2, 1)); //31
 date.getDaysInMonth(new Date(2006, 3, 1)); //30


 date(new Date(2006, 4, 1)).getDaysInMonth().value(); //31
 date(new Date(2006, 5, 1)).getDaysInMonth().value(); //30
 date(new Date(2006, 6, 1)).getDaysInMonth(); //31

isLeapYear

Determines if a date is a leap year

 date.isLeapYear(new Date(1600, 0, 1)); //true
 date.isLeapYear(new Date(2006, 0, 1)); //false
 date.isLeapYear(new Date(2004, 0, 1)); //true

 date(new Date(1900, 0, 1)).isLeapYear(); //false
 date(new Date(2000, 0, 1)).isLeapYear(); //true
 date(new Date(1800, 0, 1)).isLeapYear(); //false

isWeekend

Determines if a date is on a weekend

var thursday = new Date(2006, 8, 21);
date.isWeekend(thursday)); //false

var saturday = new Date(2006, 8, 23);
date(saturday).isWeekend(); //true

var sunday = new Date(2006, 8, 24);
date.isWeekend(sunday); //true

var monday = new Date(2006, 8, 25);
date(monday).isWeekend()); //false

getTimezoneName Get the timezone of a date

compare Compares two dates

var d1 = new Date();
d1.setHours(0);
date.compare(d1, d1); // 0

var d1 = new Date(), d2 = new Date();
d1.setHours(0);
d2.setFullYear(2005);
d2.setHours(12);

date.compare(d1, d2, "date"); // 1
date(d1).compare(d2, "datetime"); // 1

var d1 = new Date(), d2 = new Date();
d1.setHours(0);
d2.setFullYear(2005);
d2.setHours(12);

date(d2).compare(d1, "date"); // -1
date(d1).compare(d2, "time"); //-1

add

Adds a specified interval and amount to a date

• day | days
• weekday | weekdays
• year | years
• week | weeks
• quarter | quarters
• months | months
• hour | hours
• minute | minutes
• second | seconds
• millisecond | milliseconds

var dtA = new Date(2005, 11, 27);
date.add(dtA, "year", 1); //new Date(2006, 11, 27);
date(dtA).add("years", 1).value(); //new Date(2006, 11, 27);

dtA = new Date(2000, 0, 1);
date.add(dtA, "quarter", 1); //new Date(2000, 3, 1);
date(dtA).add("quarters", 1).value(); //new Date(2000, 3, 1);

dtA = new Date(2000, 0, 1);
date.add(dtA, "month", 1); //new Date(2000, 1, 1);
date(dtA).add("months", 1).value(); //new Date(2000, 1, 1);

dtA = new Date(2000, 0, 31);
date.add(dtA, "month", 1); //new Date(2000, 1, 29);
date(dtA).add("months", 1).value(); //new Date(2000, 1, 29);

dtA = new Date(2000, 0, 1);
date.add(dtA, "week", 1); //new Date(2000, 0, 8);
date(dtA).add("weeks", 1).value(); //new Date(2000, 0, 8);

dtA = new Date(2000, 0, 1);
date(dtA).add("day", 1).value(); //new Date(2000, 0, 2);

dtA = new Date(2000, 0, 1);
date(dtA).add("weekday", 1); //new Date(2000, 0, 3);

dtA = new Date(2000, 0, 1, 11);
date(dtA).add("hour", 1).value(); //new Date(2000, 0, 1, 12);

dtA = new Date(2000, 11, 31, 23, 59);
date.add(dtA, "minute", 1); //new Date(2001, 0, 1, 0, 0);

dtA = new Date(2000, 11, 31, 23, 59, 59);
date.add(dtA, "second", 1); //new Date(2001, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0);

dtA = new Date(2000, 11, 31, 23, 59, 59, 999);
date.add(dtA, "millisecond", 1); //new Date(2001, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);

difference

Finds the difference between two dates based on the specified interval

• day | days
• weekday | weekdays
• year | years
• week | weeks
• quarter | quarters
• months | months
• hour | hours
• minute | minutes
• second | seconds
• millisecond | milliseconds

var dtA, dtB;

dtA = new Date(2005, 11, 27);
dtB = new Date(2006, 11, 27);
date.difference(dtA, dtB, "year"); //1

dtA = new Date(2000, 1, 29);
dtB = new Date(2001, 2, 1);
date.difference(dtA, dtB, "quarter"); //4
date(dtA).difference(dtB, "month").value(); //13

dtA = new Date(2000, 1, 1);
dtB = new Date(2000, 1, 8);
date.difference(dtA, dtB, "week"); //1

dtA = new Date(2000, 1, 29);
dtB = new Date(2000, 2, 1);
date(dtA).difference(dtB, "day").value(); //1

dtA = new Date(2006, 7, 3);
dtB = new Date(2006, 7, 11);
date.difference(dtA, dtB, "weekday"); //6

dtA = new Date(2000, 11, 31, 23);
dtB = new Date(2001, 0, 1, 0);
date(dtA).difference(dtB, "hour").value(); //1

dtA = new Date(2000, 11, 31, 23, 59);
dtB = new Date(2001, 0, 1, 0, 0);
date.difference(dtA, dtB, "minute"); //1

dtA = new Date(2000, 11, 31, 23, 59, 59);
dtB = new Date(2001, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0);
date(dtA).difference(dtB, "second").value(); //1

dtA = new Date(2000, 11, 31, 23, 59, 59, 999);
dtB = new Date(2001, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
date.difference(dtA, dtB, "millisecond"); //1

format

Formats a date to the specified format string

• G Era designator Text AD
• y Year Year 1996; 96
• M Month in year Month July; Jul; 07
• w Week in year Number 27
• W Week in month Number 2
• D Day in year Number 189
• d Day in month Number 10
• E Day in week Text Tuesday; Tue
• a Am/pm marker Text PM
• H Hour in day (0-23) Number 0
• k Hour in day (1-24) Number 24
• K Hour in am/pm (0-11) Number 0
• h Hour in am/pm (1-12) Number 12
• m Minute in hour Number 30
• s Second in minute Number 55
• S Millisecond Number 978
• z Time zone General time zone Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00
• Z Time zone RFC 822 time zone -0800

var date = new Date(2006, 7, 11, 0, 55, 12, 345);
date.format(date, "EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy"); //"Friday, August 11, 2006"
date(date).format("M/dd/yy").value(); //"8/11/06"
date.format(date, "E"); //"6"
date(date).format("h:m a").value(); //"12:55 AM"
date.format(date, 'h:m:s'); //"12:55:12"
date(date).format('h:m:s.SS').value(); //"12:55:12.35"
date.format(date, 'k:m:s.SS'); //"24:55:12.35"
date(date).format('H:m:s.SS').value(); //"0:55:12.35"
date.format(date, "ddMMyyyy"); //"11082006"

parseDate

Parses a date string into a date object

• G Era designator Text AD
• y Year Year 1996; 96
• M Month in year Month July; Jul; 07
• w Week in year Number 27
• W Week in month Number 2
• D Day in year Number 189
• d Day in month Number 10
• E Day in week Text Tuesday; Tue
• a Am/pm marker Text PM
• H Hour in day (0-23) Number 0
• k Hour in day (1-24) Number 24
• K Hour in am/pm (0-11) Number 0
• h Hour in am/pm (1-12) Number 12
• m Minute in hour Number 30
• s Second in minute Number 55
• S Millisecond Number 978
• z Time zone General time zone Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00
• Z Time zone RFC 822 time zone -0800

 var aug_11_2006 = new Date(2006, 7, 11, 0);
 date.parse("08/11/06", "MM/dd/yy"); //aug_11_2006
 date.parse("11Aug2006", 'ddMMMyyyy'); //aug_11_2006
 date.parse("Aug2006", 'MMMyyyy'); //new Date(2006, 7, 1)
 date.parse("Aug 11, 2006", "MMM dd, yyyy"); //aug_11_2006
 date.parse("August 11, 2006", "MMMM dd, yyyy"); //aug_11_2006
 date.parse("Friday, August 11, 2006", "EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy"); //aug_11_2006

FromNow and Ago

The following are convenience methods for adding ad subtracting intervals from the current date.

• yearsFromNow
• yearsAgo
• monthsFromNow
• monthsAgo
• daysFromNow
• daysAgo
• hoursFromNow
• hoursAgo
• minutesFromNow
• minutesAgo
• secondsFromNow
• secondsAgo

//two years ago
date(2).yearsAgo();
date.yearsAgo(2)

//five hours from now
date(5).hoursFromNow();
date.hoursFromNow(5);

//two seconds ago
date(2).secondsAgo();
date.secondsAgo(2)