dotnetdate-js

dotnetdate-js replaces Microsoft .NET "JSON" formatted dates to proper JavaScript Date Objects. If you have a date that looks like /Date(984123009000)/ in your JSON output, then using this function will turn it into a proper date object.

Install

$ npm install dotnetdate-js

Usage

const dotnetdate = require('./dotnetdate-js');

// Transform a .NET JSON Date to a JS Date Object
// Will return '2001-03-09T07:30:09.000Z'
let valid = dotnetdate('/Date(984123009000)/');
console.log(valid);

// When an invalid date is encountered, return 'Invalid Date' message
// Will return 'Invalid Date: "Not a date"'
let invalid = dotnetdate('Not a date');
console.log(invalid);

// Specify a custom error message when an invalid date is encountered
// Will return 'This date is bad.'
let returnMessage = dotnetdate('Not a date', 'This date is bad.');
console.log(returnMessage);

// Specify a custom error message when an invalid date is encountered
let returnError = dotnetdate('Not a date', new Error('Invalid Date'));
console.log(returnError);

Options

dotnetdate-js accepts the following parameters.

input (String = '')

The original date value you wish to transform

message (String = 'Invalid Date: {input_value}') [Optional]

The value you wish to return in the event that an invalid date is returned. By default the text 'Invalid Date: "{input_value}"' will be returned. You can specify a string or an object to be returned. As noted in the example, you could choose to return an error here instead of a string using: new Error('message').

license

ISC