date-time-id v1.0.0

date-time-id

Super simple wrapper for the Intl.DateTimeFormat constructor to output a sortable and human friendly string that includes the current date and time. Great for naming sync process folders!

Installation

npm install date-time-id

Usage

const createDateTimeId = require('date-time-id');

// defaults to locale of 'en-US' and timeZone of 'America/Chicago'
const id = createDateTimeId();
// 1661557646873 (Aug 26, 2022, 6:47 PM CDT)

const options = { locale: 'en-GB', minute: '2-digit' };
const otherId = createDateTimeId(options);
// 1661558007021 (26 Aug 2022, 18:53 GMT-5)

options - object that can contain a locale property as well as any property that could be passed to the Intl.DateTimeFormat options object*

*Note: Due to default values being passed to Intl.DateTimeFormat, not all options are able to be passed on their own without overwriting other properties as well but at that point you really might as well use the Intl.DateTimeFormat API on your own.