date-to-iso-8601-string
v2.0.0
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Presents a JavaScript `Date` as a string in [ISO 8601 format](https://www.loc.gov/standards/datetime/iso-tc154-wg5_n0038_iso_wd_8601-1_2016-02-16.pdf), with support for the Extended (`YYYY-MM-DD`) and Basic (`YYYYMMDD`) variants
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date-to-iso-8601-string
Presents a JavaScript Date
as a string in ISO 8601 format, with support for the Extended (YYYY-MM-DD
) and Basic (YYYYMMDD
) variants.
Note that this module uses the "local date" in the time zone of the machine, rather than the UTC dfate.
This package includes TypeScript types.
Installation
# With npm
npm install --save date-to-iso-8601-string
# With Yarn
yarn add date-to-iso-8601-string
Usage
Presenting a Date using the more common "Extended" (YYYY-MM-DD
format)
// You can also import as a CommonJS module using `require`
import { dateToISO8601String } from 'date-to-iso-8601-string';
const date = new Date('2023-01-01');
dateToISO8601String(date);
//=> '2023-01-01'
Presenting a Date using the less common "Basic" (YYYY-MM-DD
format)
import { dateToISO8601String, ISO8601DateFormat } from 'date-to-iso-8601-string';
const date = new Date('2023-01-01');
dateToISO8601String(date, ISO8601DateFormat.Basic);
//=> '20230101'
Development
- This library code in
src/
is written with Typescript.- You can compile it to native JavaScript module form (
dist/esm
) and CommonJS form (dist/commonjs
) by runningnpm run build
. - The code is automatically built before pushing to
npm
thanks to aprepublish
hook.
- You can compile it to native JavaScript module form (
- Tests are implemented using Jest.
- You can run the tests with
npm run test
.
- You can run the tests with
- Linting (including code formatting) is enforced with ESLint, augmented by Prettier.
- You can check your code with
npm run lint
, and automatically fix many failures withnpm run lint-and-fix
.
- You can check your code with
The compilation, testing and build process are automatically run on pushed code using GitHub Actions.
With thanks to:
The following blog posts were very helpful for putting this - my first ever npm
package - together!:
- https://blog.logrocket.com/publishing-node-modules-typescript-es-modules/ (@jackfranklin)
- https://blog.logrocket.com/testing-typescript-apps-using-jest/ (@ibywaks)
- https://khalilstemmler.com/blogs/typescript/eslint-for-typescript/ (@stemmlerjs)
- https://khalilstemmler.com/blogs/tooling/prettier/ (@stemmlerjs)