@stino/better-dates v1.1.0

Better Dates

The Better Dates packages provides a Class which is an extention of the JavaScript Date class. Most of the get methods from the Date class can be accessed as property instead of a function.

There are other JavaScript Date libraries out there, but most of them have a lot of functionallity which I don't need in my projects, making my projects heavier than it actually needs to be.

That's why I created this package with some basic functionallities I tend to need most when using a Date library. Requests for building complex logic into this package will therefore not be accepted.

• Better Dates
  • Accessing existing methods
  • New properties
    • Today
    • Start of day
    • End of day
    • Number of days in the month
    • First day of the month
    • Last day of the month
    • Is current month
    • Calendar
  • Methods
    • Before given date
    • After given date
    • Between two given dates
    • Is same month
  • Upcomming

Accessing existing methods

You can still access existing methods from the Date class as you would do before, but you can acces them as property as well.

import BetterDate from "@stino/better-dates"
// I tend to import the package as BD instead of BetterDate

const date = new Date(87, 8, 14, 11);
// Mon Sep 14 1987 11:00:00 GMT+0200 (CEST)

const betterDate = new BetterDate(87, 8, 14, 11);
// Mon Sep 14 1987 11:00:00 GMT+0200 (CEST)

Accessing information from the instances:

console.log(date.getMonth());
// -> 8

console.log(betterDate.month)
// -> 8

Setting properties should always happen with original methods
In above example: setMonth should be used to set the month

New properties

Today

Check if the date is same day as current system date

import BetterDate from "@stino/better-dates"

const date = new BetterDate(96, 2, 21, 10);
// Thu Mar 21 1996 10:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

console.log(date.isToday);
// -> false

Start of day

You can get the start of the day (midnight) using the following property

import BetterDate from "@stino/better-dates"

const date = new BetterDate(96, 2, 21, 10);
// Thu Mar 21 1996 10:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

console.log(date.startOfDay);
// -> Thu Mar 21 1996 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

End of day

Get the end of the day (23h 23m 999ms)

import BetterDate from "@stino/better-dates"

const date = new BetterDate(96, 2, 21, 10);
// Thu Mar 21 1996 10:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

console.log(date.endOfDay);
// -> Thu Mar 21 1996 23:59:59 GMT+0100 (CET)

Number of days in the month

Get the number of days in the month where the current date is in.

import BetterDate from "@stino/better-dates"

const date = new BetterDate(96, 2, 21, 10);
// Thu Mar 21 1996 10:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

console.log(date.daysInMonth);
// -> 31

First day of the month

Get the first day of the month where the current date is in.

import BetterDate from "@stino/better-dates"

const date = new BetterDate(96, 2, 21, 10);
// Thu Mar 21 1996 10:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

console.log(date.startOfMonth);
// -> Fri Mar 01 1996 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

Last day of the month

Get the last day of the month where the current date is in.

import BetterDate from "@stino/better-dates"

const date = new BetterDate(96, 2, 21, 10);
// Thu Mar 21 1996 10:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

console.log(date.endOfMonth);
// -> Sun Mar 31 1996 23:59:59 GMT+0200 (CEST)

Is current month

Check if the date is in the current month

import BetterDate from "@stino/better-dates"

const date = new BetterDate(96, 2, 21, 10);
// Thu Mar 21 1996 10:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

console.log(date.isCurrentMonth);
// -> false

Calendar

Gets a calendar for the current date in Array format. Returns a month Array containing week Array's with instances of BetterDate. The first day of the week will be Monday by default.

import BetterDate from "@stino/better-dates"

const date = new BetterDate(96, 2, 21, 10);
// Thu Mar 21 1996 10:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

console.log(date.calendar);
// -> [Array, Array, Array, Array, Array]
// An Array contains 7 BetterDate instances

You can change the first day of the week by setting it on the BetterDate instance
date.firstDayOfWeek = 0 (Sunday)

The Calendar property can be used as seperate function without BetterDate.

import { Calendar } from "@stino/better-dates";

const date = new Date(1987, 8, 14);
// Mon Sep 14 1987 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (CEST)

console.log(Calendar(date));
// -> [Array, Array, Array, Array, Array]
// An Array contains 7 BetterDate instances

console.log(Calendar(date, 3));
// -> [Array, Array, Array, Array, Array]
// An Array contains 7 BetterDate instances with Wednesday as first day of the week

Methods

Before given date

Check if the current date is before a given date of type Date or BetterDate.

import BetterDate from "@stino/better-dates";

const date = new BetterDate(96, 2, 21, 10);
// Thu Mar 21 1996 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

console.log(date.isBefore());
// -> true

import BetterDate from "@stino/better-dates";

const date = new BetterDate(96, 2, 21, 10);
// Thu Mar 21 1996 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)
const ny = new BetterDate(2020, 0, 1);
// Wed Jan 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

console.log(date.isBefore(ny));
// -> true

After given date

Check if the current date is after a given date of type Date or BetterDate.

import BetterDate from "@stino/better-dates";

const date = new BetterDate(96, 2, 21, 10);
// Thu Mar 21 1996 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

console.log(date.isAfter());
// -> false

import BetterDate from "@stino/better-dates";

const date = new BetterDate(96, 2, 21, 10);
// Thu Mar 21 1996 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)
const ny = new BetterDate(2020, 0, 1);
// Wed Jan 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

console.log(date.isAfter(ny));
// -> false

Between two given dates

Check if the current date is between 2 given dates of type Date or BetterDate.

import BetterDate from "@stino/better-dates";

const date = new BetterDate(96, 2, 21, 10);
// Thu Mar 21 1996 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)
const xmas = new BetterDate(2019, 11, 25);
// Wed Dec 25 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)
const ny = new BetterDate(2020, 0, 1);
// Wed Jan 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

console.log(date.isBetween(xmas, ny));
// -> false
console.log(date.isBetween(ny, xmas));
// -> false

Is same month

Check if two dates are in the same month

import BetterDate from "@stino/better-dates";

const date = new BetterDate(96, 2, 21, 10);
// Thu Mar 21 1996 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)
const xmas = new BetterDate(2019, 11, 25);
// Wed Dec 25 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)
const stNicolas = new BetterDate(2019, 11, 6);
// Wed Jan 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)
const nextBday = new BetterDate(2020, 2, 21);
// Sat Mar 21 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)

console.log(date.isSameMonth(xmas));
// -> false
console.log(stNicolas.isSameMonth(xmas));
// -> true

// With strict flag
console.log(nextBday.isSameMonth(date));
// -> false
console.log(nextBday.isSameMonth(date), false);
// -> true

Upcomming

• Check if day is before given date
• Check if day is after given day
• Check difference between dates
• Add Calendar view in Array format