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epochal

v1.2.1

Published

Convert ambiguous historical dates into precise start and end dates with ease

Downloads

8

Readme

Epochal

Description

Designed for handling ambiguous historical dates, epochal is a library born out of my experiments with dynamically plotting fuzzy ancient historical events on timelines. The fundamental idea behind this library is that while "December 4th, 2020" represents a specific date, "4th millennium" actually denotes an interval that starts on January 1st, 4000 BC, and ends on December 31st, 3001 BC.

Working with natural language historical intervals can be quite complex. With epochal I've taken all the work I've done in this area and packaged it into a standalone library that anyone can use.

Installation

You can install epochal via npm or yarn:

npm install --save epochal

# or

yarn add epochal

Usage

Here's how you can use epochal in your TypeScript projects:

import { epochize } from "epochal";

const [start, end] = epochize("4th millenium BC");

console.log(start);
// January 1st, 4000 BC

console.log(end);
// December 31st, 3001 BC

Some other examples of dates that work

12th century BC
early 17th century
1999
June 2020
July 18th, 2027
late July 1920
mid 1888

API Reference

epochize

The epochize function allows you to convert ambiguous historical date text into a precise date range.

function epochize(text: string): [Date, Date];

Tests

You can run tests for epochal using the following commands:

npm test

npm run test:watch

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for details.