date-now
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Package description
The date-now npm package provides a simple utility for getting the current timestamp in milliseconds, similar to Date.now(). It is primarily used when you need a lightweight function to obtain the current date and time in a Node.js environment.
Get current timestamp
This feature allows you to get the current timestamp in milliseconds. It is similar to using Date.now() in JavaScript but is provided as a standalone module that can be required in Node.js applications.
var dateNow = require('date-now');
var timestamp = dateNow();
console.log(timestamp);Moment.js is a comprehensive date handling library that can parse, validate, manipulate, and display dates and times in JavaScript. It offers much more functionality compared to date-now, which only provides the current timestamp.
date-fns provides over 140 functions to manipulate dates in various ways. It is modular, allowing you to pick and choose which functions to include in your project, thereby potentially reducing the size of your application. It offers a broader range of functionalities compared to the more focused date-now.
Day.js is a minimalist JavaScript library that parses, validates, manipulates, and displays dates and times for modern browsers with a largely Moment.js-compatible API. It is lightweight and fast, but like date-fns, it offers more comprehensive features than date-now.
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A requirable version of Date.now()
Use-case is to be able to mock out Date.now() using require interception.
var now = require("date-now")
var ts = now()
var ts2 = Date.now()
assert.equal(ts, ts2)
var now = require("date-now/seed")(timeStampFromServer)
// ts is in "sync" with the seed value from the server
// useful if your users have their local time being a few minutes
// out of your server time.
var ts = now()
npm install date-now
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A requirable version of Date.now()
The npm package date-now receives a total of 1,167,069 weekly downloads. As such, date-now popularity was classified as popular.
We found that date-now demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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