Generate Date List

Simple utility that generates a simple list of dates. Useful for creating fixture data for interfaces that are based on dates.

For example, I use this with fixtures for an store that returns a list of events which happen to be based on date. In terms of developing the interface, it would be helpful if these dates stayed current based on "today" since the interface behaves differently based on today versus the dates in the data.

Usage

npm install generate-date-list --save-dev

Signature:

generateDateList(<length>, <incrementorCallback>, [<startDate>]);

• length is the total length of the resulting array.
• incrementorCallback is a function that generates the desired date. It is only given the last date created as an argument.
• startDate is a Date object. Although not required, it will default to "today". Inclusive; the first item in the array is always this item.

Example:

import generateDateList from 'generate-date-list';

const incrementor = (lastDate) => {
	// Do something to the last date
	lastDate.setDate(lastDate.getDate() + 1);
	return lastDate;
}

const dates = generateDateList(10, incrementor);

Other builds

Use the following paths to pull in the package into your project

• AMD: node_modules/generate-date-list/dist/amd/generate-date-list.js
• CommonJS: node_modules/generate-date-list/dist/cjs/generate-date-list.js
• global: node_modules/generate-date-list/dist/global/generate-date-list.js

License

MIT