cordova-plugin-date

Cordova plugin to interface with the Android and iOS TrueTime libraries.

iOS: https://github.com/instacart/TrueTime.swift

Android: https://github.com/instacart/truetime-android

How to use

The plugin can be accessed using window.totalpave.date.

The app should call window.totalpave.date.init on launch.

The idea behind the plugin is to replace new Date/Date.now usage. You shouldn't be using either of these any more. Instead you would use getTime, now, and getDate.

init

Setups the JavaScript side of the plugin to be used. The native side of the plugin should be handled automatically; but, if for some reason something goes wrong, see reinit.

This function also sets up an event listener for resume. When the resume event fires, the plugin will automatically attempt to sync the time.

Parameters

success, fail - cordova callbacks.

logger - Object to use to log things. Defaults to JavaScript's console object. Any object will be allowed as long as it defines the function log.

timeSyncDelay - Number of milliseconds the plugin waits before attempting sync its time.

reinit

Runs the native initialize code. Native initialization code does nothing if it's already successfully initialized.

Parameters

success, fail - cordova callbacks.

setLogger

Changes the plugin's logger. This is a synchronous function.

Parameters

logger - Object to use to log things. Will accept any object that defines the function log.

update

Attempts to sync the time. Can be called manually to immediately attempt a sync instead of waiting for the time sync delay.

Parameters

success, fail - cordova callbacks

getTime

Gets the current time in milliseconds. This is a synchronous function.

now

Gets the current time as an JavaScript Date object. This is a synchronous function. now calls getTime. So if you just want the time in milliseconds, getTime will be a little faster.

getDate

Alias for JavaScript's new Date. This is a synchronous function. As mentioned above, the idea is to completely replace new Date/Date.now usage. getDate handles cases where you are passing arguments into new Date to get a specific time instead of current time.