DateTime Script

Customize output for a javascript Date object

Installation

npm install datetime-js

Examples

var DateTime = require('datetime-js')
var dateObj = new Date()

DateTime(dateObj, 'The date is %m-%d-%Y');
//-> The date is 02-14-2014

DateTime(dateObj, 'Time Now: %h:%i %AMPM');
//-> Time Now: 04:45 PM

DateTime(dateObj, 'Today is the %d:o day of %M');
//-> Today is the 25th day of August

JSFiddle Examples

Format options

Month

| Format | Description | Value Examples | |:-------|:------------|:---------------| | %m | Month in number | 01 - 12 | | %M | Full month name | January - December | | %M:s | Month in shorthand | Jan - Dec |

Day

| Format | Description | Value Examples | |:-------|:------------|:---------------| | %d | Day of the month | 01 - 31 | | %D | Day of the week | Monday - Sunday | | %D:s | Day of the week shorthand | Mon - Sun | | %d:o | Day of the month with ordinal suffix | 1st 2nd 3rd 4th . . . |

Year

| Format | Description | Value Examples | |:-------|:------------|:---------------| | %Y | Year in full format | 2019 | | %Y:r | Year in Roman numeral format | MMXIX | | %y | Year in shorthand | 19 |

Time

| Format | Description | Value Examples | |:-------|:------------|:---------------| | %h | 12-hour format | 1 - 12 | | %H | 24-hour format | 00 - 23 | | %i | Minutes | 0 - 59 | | %s | Seconds | 0 - 59 | | %ampm | am/pm lowercase | am pm | | %AMPM | am/pm uppercase | AM PM | | %AmPm | am/pm capitalized | Am Pm |