Easy Date
Has the default JavaScript Date object left you frustrated and sad? Then Easy Date is here to bury your sadness under another level of abstraction.
How to get started?
- You can download easydate on npm
EasyDate Docs:
- Below is a list of EasyDate's methods with examples and tips for using them.
when()
- Returns a human readable string of when a date will happen in relation to the current date.
const ED = new EasyDate('April 21, 2021')
ED.when('May 20, 2021') -> "29 days from now"
ED.when('April 17, 2021') -> "4 days ago"format()
- Create a date format string using our list of valid format codes and send it as an argument to the format method. It will return a formatted date.
const ED = new EasyDate('March 21, 2021, 4:03')
ED.format("%M-%D-%Y") -> "03-21-2021"
ED.format('%W, %B %d, %h:%I') -> 'Sunday, March 21, 4:03'Valid format codes and their meaning:
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| %Y | Full Year (2021) |
| %y | Short year (21) |
| %B | Full month name (August) |
| %b | Abrev. month name (Aug) |
| %M | Zero padding month number July: (07) |
| %m | Month number July: (7) |
| %W | Full weekday name (Monday) |
| %w | Abrev. weekday name (Mon) |
| %a | Weekday number Sun: (0) |
| %D | Zero padded day of the month (09) |
| %d | Day of the month (9) |
| %H | Zero padded hour 5pm: (05) |
| %h | Hour (5) |
| %I | Zero padded minute 5:07pm: (07) |
| %i | Minute 5:07pm: (7) |
| %S | Zero padded seconds 5:07:08pm: (08) |
| %s | Seconds 5:07:08pm: (8) |
zeroPadNumber()
- Takes a number the number as a string preceded with a 0 if it is less than 10.
new EasyDate().zeroPadNumber(9) -> "09"
new EasyDate().zeroPadNumber(23) -> "23"Accessors
- Here is a list of accessible date object properties:
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| year | Gets the full year | ED.year -> 2010 |
| yr | Gets the short year | ED.yr -> 10 |
| month | Gets the full month | ED.month -> July |
| mon | Gets the short month | ED.mon -> Jul |
| numMonth | Gets the month number | Ed.numMonth -> 7 |
| day | Gets the full day name | Ed.day -> Tuesday |
| dy | Gets the short day name | Ed.dy -> Tues |
| numDay | Gets the day number | Ed.numDay -> 2 |
| dom | Gets the date of the month | Ed.dom -> 6 |
| hours | Gets the hour of day | Ed.hours -> 7 |
| mins | Gets the current minute | Ed.mins -> 30 |
| secs | Gets the current second | Ed.secs -> 10 |