simple-date-format-util

A simple and lightweight package to format dates to yyyy-MM-dd format using date-fns.

formatDate(date)
// Converts a Date object to yyyy-MM-dd format.

📦 Installation

npm install simple-date-format-util

🚀 Usage

Node.js / CommonJS

    const { formatDate } = require('simple-date-format-util');

    const today = new Date();
    console.log(formatDate(today)); // "2025-05-27"

Node.js / ESM

   import { formatDate } from simple-date-format-util;

    const today = new Date();
    console.log(formatDate(today)); // "2025-05-27"

React Example

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { formatDate } from 'simple-date-format-util';

function DateDisplay() {
  const [selectedDate, setSelectedDate] = useState(new Date());
  
  return (
    <div>
      <h2>Selected Date: {formatDate(selectedDate)}</h2>
      
      <input 
        type="date" 
        value={formatDate(selectedDate)}
        onChange={(e) => setSelectedDate(new Date(e.target.value))}
      />
      
      <p>Today formatted: {formatDate(new Date())}</p>
    </div>
  );
}

export default DateDisplay;

✨ Features

✅ Simple and easy to use ✅ Consistent yyyy-MM-dd format ✅ Works with React, Node.js, and any JavaScript environment ✅ Lightweight with minimal dependencies

🛠️ Built With

date-fns - Modern JavaScript date utility library

📄 License

MIT

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Made with ❤️ for the JavaScript community