datestringify

DateStringify

A minimal, practical date format library.

Installation

$ npm install datestringify

Usage

const dateStringify = require('datestringify');

// Sat May 16 2020 13:45:30 GMT+0800
const date = new Date(2020, 4, 16, 13, 45, 30, 666);

// '2020-05-16'
console.log(dateStringify('yyyy-MM-dd', date))

// '2020/05/16'
console.log(dateStringify('yyyy/MM/dd', date))

// '2020-5-16'
console.log(dateStringify('yyyy-M-d', date))

// '2020-05-16 13:45:30'
console.log(dateStringify('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss', date))

// '2020-05-16 13:45:30 666'
console.log(dateStringify('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss sss', date))

// 12-hour '2020-05-16 01:45:30'
console.log(dateStringify('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss', date, { use12hour: true }))

// 12-hour '2020-05-16 1:45:30'
console.log(dateStringify('yyyy-MM-dd H:m:s', date, { use12hour: true }))

Syntax

dateStringify(formatString, date, option)

formatString

Required, <string>

Format	Description
YYYY, yyyy	The decimal digits of the year 0000 to 9999 in the Gregorian calendar
YY, yy	The decimal digits of the year 00 to 99 in the Gregorian calendar
MM	The month of the year from 01 (January) to 12 (December)
M	The month of the year from 1 (January) to 12 (December)
DD, dd	The day of the month from 01 to 31
D, d	The day of the month from 1 to 31
HH, hh	The number of complete hours that have passed since midnight as two decimal digits from 00 to 24
H, h	The number of complete hours that have passed since midnight as a decimal digits from 0 to 24
mm	The number of complete minutes since the start of the hour as two decimal digits from 00 to 59
m	The number of complete minutes since the start of the hour as a decimal digits from 0 to 59
SS, ss	The number of complete seconds since the start of the minute as two decimal digits from 00 to 59
S, s	The number of complete seconds since the start of the minute as a decimal digits from 0 to 59
SSS, sss	The number of complete milliseconds since the start of the second as three decimal digits from 000 to 999

date

Required, <Date | timestamp | dateString>

option

Optional, and the default is:

{
    utc: false, // true: use UTC, otherwise use local time zone
    use12hour: false
}

Run UT

To run the test suite, first install the dependencies, then run npm test:

$ npm install
$ npm test