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Date formatter

Content​

Contains date converters and date formatters based on current language.

  • DateFormat - enum of possible formats you can use (you can add you own)
  • dateFromString - tries to convert string represented as date to Date
  • dateFromUnknown - tries to convert any type possibly represented as date to Date
  • dateFromFormat - takes date and format and returns the formatted string
  • calendarDate - takes date and formats it to calendar (tomorrow, yesterday, today etc.) date and returns the formatted string
  • getUnixDate - returns given date as unix number
  • getInitialDate - takes the date if it exists and returns it otherwise if the date is equal to null returns defaultDate or current date

Usage​

dateFromString:

dateFromString("2021-10-01");
//2021-10-01T00:00:00.000Z as Date

dateFromUnknown:

dateFromUnknown(1234567891011);
//2009-02-13T23:31:31.011Z as Date

dateFromFormat:

dateFromFormat(new Date(), DateFormat.yearDateTime);
//2021.10.04 12:13

dateFromFormat(new Date(), DateFormat.shortMonthYear);
//Oct 2021

calendarDate:

calendarDate(new Date());
//Today at 12:14 PM

calendarDate(new Date(), true)
//Today

getUnixDate:

getUnixDate(new Date());
//1633338938000

getInitialDate:

getInitialDate(new Date());
// 2021-10-04T09:16:17.565Z

getInitialDate(null, new Date("2012-10-01"));
//2012-10-01T00:00:00.000Z

Check how it looks​

You can open StoryBook and open Format -> Date Formats and Date Formats Enum stories and see how they are being applied.