Blazing fast & lightweight (157 bytes) date formatting for Node.js and the browser.
This module aims to provide super fast and easy way to format dates, while also staying lightweight.
- Small. 157 bytes (minified and gzipped). No dependencies. Size Limit controls the size.
- Fast. See the benchmarks.
- Compliant. Follows Unicode Technical Standard #35.
- Well tested. To make sure it handles various use cases correctly.
- Portable. Works pretty much everywhere.
- Written in TypeScript.
$ npm install light-date
import {format} from 'light-date';
const date = new Date('5/1/2020, 4:30:09 PM');
format(date, 'The date is {MM}/{dd}/{yyyy}!'); //=> 'The date is 05/01/2020!'Returns a string with formatted date.
Type: Date
Date object, which should be used.
Type: string
String, which you want to format, for example: {yyyy}-{MM}-{dd} or Current time: {hh}:{mm}:{ss}.
Returns a string with formatted date. Uses Intl.DateTimeFormat() for locale-based formatting.
Type: Date
Date object, which should be used.
Type: string
String, which you want to format, for example: {EEE} or Era: {GGG}.
Type: string | string[]
Default: en-US
Locale(s), which will be used for formatting.
Format of the string is based on Unicode Technical Standard #35.
Use this API for simple, most common formatting:
| Unit | Pattern | Result examples |
|---|---|---|
| Calendar year | {yy} | 44, 01, 00, 17 |
| {yyyy} | 0044, 0001, 1900, 2020 | |
| Month | {MM} | 01, 02, ..., 12 |
| Day | {dd} | 01, 02, ..., 31 |
| Hour | {HH} | 00, 01, 02, ..., 23 |
| Minute | {mm} | 00, 01, ..., 59 |
| Second | {ss} | 00, 01, ..., 59 |
| Millisecond | {SSS} | 000, 0001, ..., 999 |
Use this API for locale-based formatting:
| Unit | Pattern | Result examples |
|---|---|---|
| Month | {MMM} | Jan, Feb, ..., Dec |
| {MMMM} | January, February, ..., December | |
| {MMMMM} | J, F, ..., D | |
| Day of week | {E..EEE} | Mon, Tue, Wed, ..., Sun |
| {EEEE} | Monday, Tuesday, ..., Sunday | |
| {EEEEE} | M, T, W, T, F, S, S |
# Node.js v12.18.3
light-date x 1,465,394 ops/sec ±0.17% (96 runs sampled)
date-format x 835,649 ops/sec ±0.20% (96 runs sampled)
moment x 650,721 ops/sec ±2.13% (90 runs sampled)
date-fns lightFormat x 459,170 ops/sec ±0.19% (97 runs sampled)
date-fns format x 345,845 ops/sec ±4.30% (90 runs sampled)
dayjs x 281,183 ops/sec ±0.57% (96 runs sampled)
How to use format and localeFormat on one string?
import {format, lightFormat} from 'light-date';
const date = new Date();
format(date, `Current date: ${lightFormat(date, '{MMMM}')} {dd}, {yyyy}`);MIT © Antoni Kepinski