is-date-object

is-date-object

Is this value a JS Date object? This module works cross-realm/iframe, and despite ES6 @@toStringTag.

Example

var isDate = require('is-date-object');
var assert = require('assert');

assert.notOk(isDate(undefined));
assert.notOk(isDate(null));
assert.notOk(isDate(false));
assert.notOk(isDate(true));
assert.notOk(isDate(42));
assert.notOk(isDate('foo'));
assert.notOk(isDate(function () {}));
assert.notOk(isDate([]));
assert.notOk(isDate({}));
assert.notOk(isDate(/a/g));
assert.notOk(isDate(new RegExp('a', 'g')));

assert.ok(isDate(new Date()));

Tests

Simply clone the repo, npm install, and run npm test

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