Fuzzy Dates

Fuzzy dates module for Histograph.

Input

One of the following:

• ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD, for example 2007-06-12)
• Year (string or number)
• ISO 8601 date with error specification
• Year with error specification
• Array of two years
• Array of two ISO 8601 dates

Error specification

{
  date: '1970',
  error: '1M'
}

• Date: either a year or an ISO 8601 date
• error units:
  • d: day
  • M: month
  • y: year

Fuzzy Dates uses Moment.js time shorthand keys (currently only days, months and years).

Output

• Array of two ISO 8601 dates

Example

Input:

{
  year: 1915,
  error: '3y'
}

Output:

[
  '1912-01-01',
  '1918-12-31'
]

See test/testDates.js for more examples, or run npm test.

Installation

npm install --save histograph/fuzzy-dates

Usage

var fd = require('fuzzy-dates);

var a = fd.convert('1995');

console.log(a);
// ["1995-01-01", "1995-12-31"]