Bangla Date Converter

A powerful and flexible TypeScript/JavaScript library for converting Gregorian dates to Bangla dates with extensive formatting options. Works seamlessly with both CommonJS and ES Modules!

Features

• 🔄 Convert any Gregorian date to Bangla date
• 🌐 Support for both Bengali and English output
• 🎨 Custom date formatting
• 🔢 Bengali numeral conversion
• 🌺 Season information
• 📅 Weekday support
• ⌚ Time formatting (12/24 hour)
• 📝 Relative time formatting
• 💪 TypeScript support

Quick Start 🚀

Installation

npm install bangla-date-converter

Import the Package

// Using ES Modules
import { BanglaDateConverter } from 'bangla-date-converter';

// Using CommonJS
const { BanglaDateConverter } = require('bangla-date-converter');

Basic Usage 📅

// Create a converter instance
const converter = new BanglaDateConverter(new Date());

// Get Bangla date (returns full date object)
const banglaDate = converter.getBanglaDate();
console.log(banglaDate);
// Output: { year: 1430, date: 15, month: 'পৌষ', day: 'শনিবার', season: 'শীত', monthIndex: 8 }

// Format date with custom template
const formatted = converter.format({
  template: 'DD MM, YY (WW)',
  format: 'bn'
});
console.log(formatted);
// Output: ১৫ পৌষ, ১৪৩০ (শনিবার)

Advanced Formatting Examples 🎨

// Custom formatting with time (12-hour format)
const withTime = converter.format({
  template: 'DD MM, YY TT',
  format: 'en',
  timeFormat: '12h',
  shortMonth: true
});
// Output: "15 Poush, 1430 02:30 PM"

// Relative time formatting
const relative = converter.format({
  relative: true,
  format: 'bn'
});
// Output: "আজ" (today) / "গতকাল" (yesterday) / "আগামীকাল" (tomorrow)

// With ordinal numbers
const withOrdinal = converter.format({
  template: 'DD MM',
  ordinal: true
});
// Output: "১৫ই পৌষ"

Converting Bangla to Gregorian Date 🔄

// Convert Bangla date to Gregorian
// Parameters: (year, month, date)
// Note: month is 0-based (0-11), where 0 = Boishakh, 11 = Choitro
const gregorianDate = BanglaDateConverter.fromBanglaDate(1430, 0, 1);
console.log(gregorianDate);
// Output: 2023-04-14T00:00:00.000Z (1st Boishakh 1430)

API Documentation

Core Methods

getBanglaDate(options?: DateConverterOptions): BanglaDate

Converts a Gregorian date to Bangla date with various formatting options.

interface DateConverterOptions {
  format?: 'bn' | 'en';  // Output language
  showSeason?: boolean;   // Include season information
  showWeekDay?: boolean;  // Include week day
  showTime?: boolean;     // Include time
  timeFormat?: '12h' | '24h'; // Time format
}

format(options?: FormattedDateOptions): string

Formats the Bangla date according to specified options.

interface FormattedDateOptions {
  template?: string;      // e.g., 'DD MM, YY (WW)'
  format?: 'bn' | 'en';   // Output language
  numerals?: 'bn' | 'en'; // Numeral system
  timeFormat?: '12h' | '24h';
  separator?: string;     // Default: ', '
  ordinal?: boolean;      // Use ordinal numbers
  relative?: boolean;     // Use relative time
  shortMonth?: boolean;   // Short month names
  shortWeekDay?: boolean; // Short weekday names
}

Holiday Features 🎉

Get Holidays for Current Month

const converter = new BanglaDateConverter(new Date());
const holidays = converter.getHolidays();
// Returns holidays for the current Bangla month

Get Upcoming Holidays

// Get next 5 upcoming holidays
const upcomingHolidays = converter.getUpcomingHolidays(5);

Get Holidays by Type

// Get all religious holidays
const religiousHolidays = converter.getHolidaysByType('religious');
// Types: 'religious' | 'national' | 'cultural'

Date Manipulation

Add/Subtract Duration

// Add 1 year, 2 months, and 3 days
const futureDate = converter.add(1, 2, 3);

// Subtract 1 year
const pastDate = converter.subtract(1);

Compare Dates

const date1 = new BanglaDateConverter(new Date('2023-04-14'));
const date2 = new BanglaDateConverter(new Date('2023-04-15'));
const comparison = date1.compare(date2); // Returns negative number

Contributing 🤝

Contributions are welcome! Please check our CONTRIBUTE.md for guidelines.

License 📝

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Support 💖

If you find this package helpful, please consider giving it a star on GitHub! For issues and feature requests, please use the GitHub issue tracker.

Made with ❤️ by Md Tanvir Ahamed Shanto for the Bangla community