UNIX Timestamp

[sebkolind]

I can't find a way to make it work with UNIX timestamps. Is it possible or did you cut off this feature?

Moment.js states you can do moment.unix(value).format("MM/DD/YYYY") but how can I do this with your filter?

[sebkolind]

If anyone has the same issue, then you can use this function in your methods property of your Vue component. This will format your unix timestamp to a valid date that Moment can use.

formatDate(unix) {
	const date = new Date(unix * 1000); // convert to milliseconds
	const year = date.getFullYear();
	let month = date.getMonth() + 1;
	let day = date.getDate();

	// Check if day or month is only 1 digit
	// this because Moment.js works with 0 leading values
	if (day.toString().length !== 2) day = `0${day}`;
	if (month.toString().length !== 2) month = `0${month}`;

	return `${year}-${month}-${day}`;
},

[mcescalante]

I just ran into this same issue and did some digging and found a nice simple fix. As you mentioned,moment itself as a library supports unix timestamps with moment.unix(). I installed moment, imported it, and added a filter into my component to do Unix timestamps for me:

Vue component

filters: {
  formatUnix: function (value) {
    if (value) {
      return moment.unix(value).format('MM-DD-YYYY')
    }
  }
}

Usage in template - no parenthesis required

{{ someVar | formatUnix }}

This will take Unix epoch (timestamp) as input and give you back MM-DD-YYYY. I prefer filters to methods. If you haven't written your own filters before, here are the docs

[Joeper214]

I install vue-moment in my vue appliction and created the filter but this returns:

[Vue warn]: Error in render function: "ReferenceError: moment is not defined"

found in

---> <App> at src/components/App.vue
       <Root>

[savagemechanic]

@Joeper214 install moment for the filter not vue-moment. npm install --save moment

[brockpetrie]

Unix epoch support added in #58— will close this when it's merged in.