nestjs-date-format-interceptor

Easy formatting for output dates in NestJS

This NPM provides an easy way to give a format to api response dates in NestJs

How to install.

npm install nestjs-date-format-interceptor

Binding in controller

import { DateFormatInterceptor, DateFormat } from "utilities/lib/date";
 
// ...
 
@UseInterceptors(new DateFormatInterceptor({ maxDeep: 6, format: DateFormat.toISOString }))
export class CatsController {}

Binding globally

import { DateFormatInterceptor, DateFormat } from "utilities/lib/date";
 
// ...
 
const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
 
app.useGlobalInterceptors(new DateFormatInterceptor({ maxDeep: 6, format: DateFormat.toISOString }));

Parameter options

 
{
  maxDeep: number = 6;
  format: DateFormat = DateFormat.toISOString;
  fnFormat?: (value: Date) => string;
}
 

• maxDeep: Max deep of nested objects to check dates
• format: The format function to build the date-string
• fnFormat?: Optional, Custom format function.

format options

Format	Result
toDateString	"Tue Aug 19 1975"
toISOString	"1975-08-20T05:15:30.000Z"
toJSON	"1975-08-20T05:15:30.000Z"
toString	"Tue Aug 19 1975 23:15:30 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)"
toTimeString	"23:15:30 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)"
toUTCString	"Wed, 20 Aug 1975 05:15:30 GMT"

fnFormat Custom format example

 
import { DateFormatInterceptor, DateFormat } from 'utilities/lib/date';
 
...
 
const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
 
app.useGlobalInterceptors(
  new DateFormatInterceptor({
    maxDeep: 6,
    format: DateFormat.toISOString,
    fnFormat: date => `Date in Costa Rica is ${date.toLocaleString('es-CR')}`,
  }),
);
 

Result:
Date in Costa Rica is 7/14/2020, 8:01:15 PM

Author

• Luis Arias [e-mail] - GitHub profile

Contributors