date-clone

cloning date object as own method. const copy = original.clone()

Install

npm install --save date-clone

Parameter

Param	Type	Description
freeze	boolean	true: return deep copy object false: return shallow copy object

Usage

ES Modules:

import "date-clone";

const original = new Date();
const copy = original.clone();

CommonJS:

require("date-clone");

const original = new Date();
const copy = original.clone();

Example

import "date-clone";

const original = new Date();
const copy = original.clone(); // deep copy!

console.log(original === copy); // false
console.log(original !== copy); // true
console.log(original.getTime() === copy.getTime()); // true
console.log(original.constructor === copy.constructor); // true

// set milliseconds on the original date object
original.setMilliseconds(original.getMilliseconds() - 1);
console.log(original.getTime() === copy.getTime()) // false
console.log(original.getTime() === copy.getTime() - 1) // true

const original2 = new Date();
const copy2 = original2.clone(false); // shallow copy!

console.log(original2 === copy2); // true
console.log(original2 !== copy2); // false
console.log(original2.getTime() === copy2.getTime()); // true
console.log(original2.constructor === copy2.constructor); // true

// set milliseconds on the original date object
original.setMilliseconds(original2.getMilliseconds() - 1);
console.log(original2.getTime() === copy2.getTime()) // true
console.log(original2.getTime() === copy2.getTime() - 1) // false