Date-chunk NPM

date-chunk

Split date range into multiple chunks. You can divide date range either into specified number of chunks or via size of chunk.

Install

yarn add date-chunk

npm install date-chunk

pnpm install date-chunk

Use case

import { chunkDate } from 'date-chunk';

const chunksWithSpecifiedQuantity = chunkDate({
  start: new Date('2021-10-17T00:00:00.000Z'),
  end: new Date('2022-10-16T00:00:00.000Z'),
  chunks: 2,
  strictSizedChunks: true, // default false
});

/*
[
  { start: 2021-10-17T00:00:00.000Z, end: 2022-04-17T00:00:00.000Z },
  { start: 2022-04-17T00:00:00.000Z, end: 2022-10-16T00:00:00.000Z }
]
*/

const chunksWithSpeicfiedSize = chunkDate({
  start: new Date('2021-10-17T00:00:00.000Z'),
  end: new Date('2022-10-16T00:00:00.000Z'),
  maxLimitPerChunk: [180, 'd'], // split date into chunks of 180 day max
});

/*
[
  { start: 2021-10-17T00:00:00.000Z, end: 2022-04-15T00:00:00.000Z },
  { start: 2022-04-15T00:00:00.000Z, end: 2022-10-12T00:00:00.000Z },
  { start: 2022-10-12T00:00:00.000Z, end: 2022-10-16T00:00:00.000Z }
]
*/

const chunksWithSpeicfiedSizeAndTimestamp = chunkDate({
  start: 1634428800000,
  end: new Date('2022-10-16T00:00:00.000Z'),
  maxLimitPerChunk: [180, 'd'], // split date into chunks of 180 day max
});

/*
[
  { start: 1634428800000, end: 2022-04-15T00:00:00.000Z },
  { start: 1649980800000, end: 2022-10-12T00:00:00.000Z },
  { start: 1665532800000, end: 2022-10-16T00:00:00.000Z }
]
*/

API Reference

Full Typescript documentation -> docs/modules.md

dateChunk(options)

option param	Description	Type
start	Start date	Date or milliseconds as number
end	End date	Date or milliseconds as number
maxLimitPerChunk	Set max limit for individual chunk	Tuple of number of time units, time unit (see supported units below)
chunks	How many chunks should be generated from start and end	number
strictSizeChunks	Force flag to make chunks same size when there is remainder after division	boolean

maxLimitPerChunk units

Unit	Description
ms	Millisecond
s	Second
m	Minute
h	Hour
d	Day

ReturnType

Array Of | Attribute | Description | Type | |-----------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | start | Start date of a chunk | Date or milliseconds as number (returns type that was provided in params for start) | | end | End date of a chunk | Date or milliseconds as number (returns type that was provided in params for start) |