Class Date

Static Readonly DAY_NAMES

Static Readonly MONTH_NAMES

Static format

• format(date, format): string

• Format a date, using PHP-based formatting options.

  The following options are supported (with examples):

  • 'Y-m-d' : '2017-08-05'
  • 'j M Y' : '5 Aug 2017'
  • 'd F Y' : '05 August 2017'
  • 'l, j F, Y' : 'Friday, 5 August, 2017'
  • 'j M' : '5 Aug'
  • 'M Y' : 'Aug 2017'
  • 'M j' : 'Aug 5'
  • 'M j, Y' : 'Aug 5, 2017'
  • 'F j, Y' : 'August 5, 2017'
  • 'M' : 'Aug'
  • 'H:i' : '21:33'
  • 'g:ia' : '9:33pm'
  • 'default' : '2017-08-06T01:33:00.000Z' (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toISOString|Date#toISOString)

  Parameters

  • date: Date

    the date to format
  • format: string

    one of the enumerated options listed in the description

  Returns string

  a string representing the given date in the given format

  See

  http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

Static sameDate

• sameDate(date1, date2): boolean

• Return whether two dates occur on the same 24-hour day.

  That is, if both dates have the same year, same month, and same day (date of the month).

  Parameters

  • date1: Date

    the first date
  • date2: Date

    the second date

  Returns boolean

  does 'YYYY-MM-DD' of date1 equal 'YYYY-MM-DD' of date2?

Static timeProportion

• timeProportion(date): number

• Return the percentage of the day that has passed at the given time.

  For example:

  • 00:00 => 0.00
  • 06:00 => 0.25
  • 12:00 => 0.50
  • 18:00 => 0.75

  Parameters

  • date: Date

    a Date object

  Returns number

  the proportion