depoch

Depoch - Unix Epoch for Dates

When dealing with time, example birthdays, storing in Date Time comes with its own issues. It's hard to ever get it right the first time.

Depoch is the Unix Epoch equivalent for Dates. It returns the number of days since Unix Epoch.

The main idea is to store this number in database for dates. It makes it easy to go forward, backward, compare etc.

Usage

Convert from date to depoch

const { toDepoch, fromDepoch } = require('depoch')
const dt = toDepoch('2023-01-01'); // 19358

toDepoch('2023-01-01T04:00:00'); // 19358

toDepoch('2023-01-01T04:00:00Z') // Depends on your time zone

Convert from depoch to date

const dt = toDepoch('2023-01-01');
const obj = fromDepoch(dt); 
/* returns
{
  year: 2023,
  month: 1,
  date: 1,
  day: 'Sunday',
  locale: 2023-01-01T08:00:00.000Z,
  utc: 2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
}
*/