Get a formatted timestamp. Used in gulp, assemble, generate, and many others.
time-stamp 
Get a formatted timestamp.
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Install
Install with npm:
$ npm install --save time-stamp
Usage
const timestamp = require('time-stamp');
console.log(timestamp());
//=> 2018-10-26
console.log(timestamp.utc());
//=> 2018-10-26
Customizing the timestamp
You may also pass a string to format the generated timestamp.
console.log(timestamp('YYYYMMDD'));
//=> 20181026
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYYMMDD'));
//=> 20181026
Supported patterns
YYYY: full year (ex: 2018)MM: month (ex: 04)DD: day (ex: 01)HH: hours (ex: 12)mm: minutes (ex: 59)ss: seconds (ex: 09)ms: milliseconds (ex: 532)
Usage Examples
console.log(timestamp('YYYYMMDD'));
//=> 20181026
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYYMMDD'));
//=> 20181026
console.log(timestamp('YYYYMMDD:ss'));
//=> 20181026:24
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYYMMDD:ss'));
//=> 20181026:24
console.log(timestamp('YYYY/MM/DD:mm:ss'));
//=> 2018/10/26:46:24
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYY/MM/DD:mm:ss'));
//=> 2018/10/26:46:24
console.log(timestamp('YYYY:MM:DD'));
//=> 2018:10:26
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYY:MM:DD'));
//=> 2018:10:26
console.log(timestamp('[YYYY:MM:DD]'));
//=> [2018:10:26]
console.log(timestamp.utc('[YYYY:MM:DD]'));
//=> [2018:10:26]
console.log(timestamp('YYYY/MM/DD'));
//=> 2018/10/26
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYY/MM/DD'));
//=> 2018/10/26
console.log(timestamp('YYYY:MM'));
//=> 2018:10
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYY:MM'));
//=> 2018:10
console.log(timestamp('YYYY'));
//=> 2018
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYY'));
//=> 2018
console.log(timestamp('MM'));
//=> 10
console.log(timestamp.utc('MM'));
//=> 10
console.log(timestamp('DD'));
//=> 26
console.log(timestamp.utc('DD'));
//=> 26
console.log(timestamp('HH'));
//=> 00
console.log(timestamp.utc('HH'));
//=> 04
console.log(timestamp('mm'));
//=> 46
console.log(timestamp.utc('mm'));
//=> 46
console.log(timestamp('ss'));
//=> 24
console.log(timestamp.utc('ss'));
//=> 24
console.log(timestamp('ms'));
//=> 186
console.log(timestamp.utc('ms'));
//=> 186
Release history
v2.0.0
Breaking changes
Default pattern was changed from YYYY:MM:DD to YYYY-MM-DD. See issues/3 for more details.
About
Contributing
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$ npm install && npm test
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- o-clock: Simple javascript utility for displaying the time in 12-hour clock format. | homepage
- seconds: Get the number of seconds for a minute, hour, day and week. | homepage
- week: Get the current week number. | homepage
- weekday: Get the name and number of the current weekday. Or get the name of the… more | homepage
- year: Simple utility to get the current year with 2 or 4 digits. | homepage
Contributors
| Commits | Contributor |
|---|---|
| 31 | jonschlinkert |
| 7 | doowb |
| 1 | evocateur |
| 1 | mendenhallmagic |
| 1 | mvanroon |
| 1 | leesei |
| 1 | sleagon |
Author
Jon Schlinkert
License
Copyright © 2018, Jon Schlinkert.
Released under the MIT License.
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