SFN-Date

Simple Formatting Nice Date functions for Node.js and browsers.

Install

npm install sfn-date --save

Example

const date = require("sfn-date");

console.log("Y-m-d H:i:s", date("Y-m-d H:i:s"));
console.log("W M d Y H:i:s", date("W M d Y H:i:s"));
console.log("utc", date("utc"));
console.log("iso", date("iso"));

var count = 0;
console.log("\nStart ticking (Y-m-d H:i:s.ms)...");
date.tick("Y-m-d H:i:s.ms", text => {
    console.log(text);
    count += 1;
    if (count === 10)
        return false; // break tick.
}, 1000);

API

• date(format?: string, timestamp?: number) Gets formatted date-time string.

  • format A format representation carries these symbols:

    • Y the year with 4 digits;
    • y the year with 2 digits;
    • Month the month in English;
    • M short-hand month;
    • m the month, 2 digits with leading zeros;
    • n the month, 1 or 2 digits without leading zeros;
    • d day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros;
    • G 24-hour format of hours without leading zeros;
    • g 12-hour format of hours without leading zeros;
    • H 24-hour format hours with leading zeros;
    • h 12-hour format hours with leading zeros;
    • i minutes, with leading zeros;
    • s seconds, with leading zeros;
    • ms ms, with leading zeros;
    • Week day of the week in English;
    • W short-hand week;
    • A AM or PM;
    • a am or pm;
    • gmt GMT date-time string, case-insensitive;
    • utc same as gmt;
    • iso ISO8601 date-time string, case-insensitive.

    Default value is Y-m-d H:i:s.

  • timestamp Set a particular UNIX timestamp.

• date.tick(format?: string, cb: (dateStr: string) => void, interval?: number): void Runs a function continuously according to a specific interval.

  • format is the format as date().
  • callback A function called every time reaches the interval, accepts one parameter, which is the current date-time string. If this function returns false, then break the time tick.
  • interval Default value is 1000 ms.

More Details About date.tick()

Unlike the original setInterval() function, this method won't start ticking immediately, it will firstly wait until the current time reaches a integral second, and runs the callback once before setting interval.