date-shortcode v1.0.0

date-shortcode

A small and simple date shortcode library.

Installation

npm install --save date-shortcode

Usage

const dateShortcode = require('date-shortcode')

var str = 'It is {h:mm A} on the {Do} day of {MMMM YYYY}.'
dateShortcode.parse(str)
//=> 'It is 3:26 PM on the 1st day of March 2018.'

API

config(conf)

Change date-shortcode configuration parameters.

Parameters

conf (Object)

An object containing the configuration parameters to change.

Example

var dateShortcodeConfig = {
  openTag: '\\[',
  closeTag: '\\]'
}

const dateShortcode = require('date-shortcode').config(dateShortcodeConfig)

parse(str, date )

Parse a string with date shortcodes in it.

Parameters

str (String)

The string to do the parsing on.

date (String/Date)

Optional

A date object or a string to pass to a date object. Defaults to now.

Example

var str = 'Current date: {MMMM Do, YYYY}'
dateShortcode.parse(str, '2006-10-09')
//=> 'Current date: October 9th, 2006'

strip(str)

Strip date shortcodes from a string.

Parameters

str (String)

The string to strip date shortcodes from.

Example

var str = 'It is {h:mm A} on the {Do} day of {MMMM YYYY}.'
dateShortcode.strip(str)
//=> 'It is  on the  day of .'

test(str1, str2)

Test if two strings would be the same without date shortcodes.

Parameters

str1 (String)

First string to test

str2 (String)

Second string to test

Example

var str1 = 'It is {h:mm A} on the {Do} day of {MMMM YYYY}.'
var str2 = 'It is 3:26 PM on the 1st day of March 2018.'
dateShortcode.test(str1, str2)
//=> true

var str3 = 'This string is nothing like the rest.'
dateShortcode.test(str1, str3)
//=> false

Shortcodes

License

MIT. See the license.md file for more info.