Get-generation NPM

get-generation

Travis

This module returns the generation of a person, given it's birth year

For example, if a person was born in 2000, it would say that he/she is from the Generation Z

Installation

npm i --save get-generation

Generations available

Traditionalist < 1946
Older Boomer < 1955
Younger Boomer < 1965
Generation X (older) < 1971
Generation X (younger) < 1981
Generation Y < 1996
Generation Z < 2011
Generation Alpha (now) // 2018

Usage

import { getGenerationByAge, getGenerationByYear, getAllGenerationsInfo } from "get-generation";

getGenerationByYear(1954) // Older Boomer
getGenerationByYear(2011) // Generation Alpha
getGenerationByAge(20) // Generation Z (as of 2018)

getAllGenerationsInfo();
/* returns
[{
    name: 'Traditionalist',
    range: {
      min: 0,
      max: 1954,
    },
  }, {
    name: 'Older Boomer',
    ....
  }
]
*/