silly-datetime

Simple datetime formater

Install

npm

npm i silly-datetime --save

bower

bower install silly-datetime --save

Example

var sd = require('silly-datetime');
sd.format(new Date(), 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm');
// 2015-07-06 15:10

sd.fromNow(+new Date() - 2000);
// a few seconds ago

ES2015:

import {
    format,
    fromNow
} from 'silly-datetime';
format(new Date(), 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm'); // 2015-07-06 15:10
fromNow(+new Date() - 2000); // a few seconds ago

Usage

.format(datetime, format)

Format a Date object to specified format.

• datetime: Date Object
• format: formate string, default to 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss'

Format | Example | Description ------ | ------- | ----------- YYYY | 2015 | 4 digit year M MM | 0..12 | Month number D DD | 0..31 | Day of month H HH | 0..23 | 24 hour time h hh | 1..12 | 12 hour time used with a A. a A | am pm | Post or ante meridiem m mm | 0..59 | Minutes s ss | 0..59 | Seconds

sd.format(new Date(), 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm');
// 2015-07-06 15:10

.fromNow(datetime)

Time from now. This is sometimes called timeago or relative time.

• datetime: Date Object

sd.fromNow(+new Date() - 2000);
// a few seconds ago

.locate(newLocale)

Changing locale globally. By default, silly-datetime comes with English locale strings.

• newLocale: locate string or locate Object

Locate string can be en (default) or zh-cn;

var datetime = +new Date() + 10 * 60 * 1000;
sd.locate('zh-cn')
sd.fromNow(datetime);
// 10分钟内

Or just pass an custom locate object with any of the key in the table below:

key | en | zh-cn -------- | --------------- | ------ future | in %s | %s内 past | %s ago | %s前 s | a few seconds | 刚刚 mm | %s minutes | %s分钟 hh | %s hours | %s小时 dd | %s days | %s天 MM | %s months | %s月 yy | %s years | %s年

sd.locate({
  past: '%s之前',
  hh: '%s小時'
});
var datetime = +new Date() + 10 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
sd.fromNow(datetime);
// 10小時之前