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Date2

Date2 is a Javascript module created to manipulate the date. It was designed to easily manipulate the date and it provides a pretty fair number of functions that are easy to use. This module can be used in a Javascript or a Node.js application.

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Download

npm: npm install date-2 --save
bower: bower install date-2 --save

Dependencies

This module was developed in pure javascript so it has no dependencies.

Usage

to use Date2 module with javascript you need to:

<script type="text/javascript" src="path-to-date-2.js"></script>

var date = new Date2(); //gives the current date
var date = new Date2('01-01-2017') //detects automatically the separator and it uses DD MM YYYY as a format
var date = new Date2('01-01-2017','-') //the second parameter is optional, it specifies the separator used

and for a Node.js application:

var Date2 = require('date-2');
var date = new Date2();

Functionalities

date.setDelim(delim); // changes the delimitor
date.isWorkingDay(); // returns true if it's saturday or sunday
date.addWorkingDays(days); // adds days to the date while ignoring saturday and sunday
date.removeWorkingDays(days); // removes days from the date while ignoring saturday and sunday
date.addDays(days); // adds days to the date
date.removeDays(days); // removes days from the date
date.getJSDate(); // returns the Javascript Date object
date.getDay(); // returns the day of the month as an integer
date.getMonth(); // returns the month
date.getYear(); // returns the year
date.dayOfWeek(); // returns the day of the week as an integer (between 0 and 6)
date.dayOfWeekLetterShort(); // returns the acronym of the day of the week in letters
date.dayOfWeekLetterFull(); // returns the day of the week in letters
date.monthLetterShort(); // returns the acronym of the month in letters
date.monthLetterFull(); // returns the month in letters
date.compareDate(date2); // compares between date and date2 (-1: date < date2, 1: date > date2, 0: date == date2)
date.isInRange(date1,date2); // returns true if date between date1 and date2 inclusive
date.dayDifference(date2); // returns the difference in days between date and date2
date.getNextDay(); // returns the next date
date.getPreviousDay(); // returns the previous date
date.getNextWorkingDay(); // returns the next working date
date.getPreviousWorkingDay(); // returns the previous working date
date.nextDay(); // changes the date to the next date
date.previousDay(); // changes the date to the previous date
date.nextWorkingDay(); // changes the date to the next working date
date.previousWorkingDay(); // changes the date to the previous working date
date.setLangage(langage); // changes the langage of the date object (langage: 'en' / 'fr' and is in english by default)
date.getLangage(); // gets the langage of the date object
date.toStringFormatted(format); // returns a string containing the date formatted
                                // d: the day in numbers without 0 in the left
                                // dd: the day in numbers
                                // ddd: the acronym of the day of the week in letters
                                // dddd: the day of the week in letters
                                // m: the month in numbers without 0 in the left
                                // mm: the month in numbers
                                // mmm: the acronym of the month in letters
                                // mmmm: the month in letters
                                // yy: the two-digit year (example: if year: 2017, it will be 17)
                                // yyyy: the year