Install

npm install @citation-js/date

Use

let { parse, format } = require('@citation-js/date')

parse('2000-12-31')
// { 'date-parts': [[2000, 12, 31]] }

format({ 'date-parts': [[2000, 12, 31]] }, '/')
// '2000/12/31'

Input

Supported formats:

• Epoch time (in number form)
• YYYY-MM-DD
• [+-]YYYYYY[Y...]-MM-DD
• [DDD, ]DD MMM YYYY
• M[M]/D[D]/YY[YY] (1)
• D[D] M[M] Y[Y...] (2, 1)
• [-]Y[Y...] M[M] D[D] (2)
• D[D] MMM Y[Y...] (2)
• [-]Y[Y...] MMM D[D] (2)
• M[M] [-]Y[Y...] (3, 5)
• [-]Y[Y...] M[M] (3, 4, 5)
• MMM [-]Y[Y...] (3, 5)
• [-]Y[Y...] MMM (3, 5)
• [-]Y[Y...] (5)

Generally, formats support trailing parts, which are disregarded.

1. When the former of these formats overlaps with the latter, the former is preferred
2. " ", ".", "-" and "/" are all supported as separator
3. Any sequence of non-alphanumerical characters are supported as separator
4. This format is only assumed if the year is bigger than the month
5. This format doesn't support trailing parts

API

parse(String date[, String endDate]) -> Object

• String date: Any date
• String endDate optional: Any date; when added, the first parameter is treated as the start date of the range.

format(Object date[, String delimiter = '-']) -> String

• Object date: Any date
• String delimiter optional: Separate parts by delimiter

Here, Object date (CSL-JSON date format) can have the following properties:

• date-parts: array with one or two dates, each date being an array of [year, month, day], the last two parts being optional
• raw: raw date