strftime

strftime for JavaScript, supports localization.

Installation

npm install strftime

Usage

var strftime = require('strftime').strftime
console.log(strftime('%B %d, %y %H:%M:%S')) // => April 28, 2011 18:21:08

If you want to localize it:

var strftime = require('strftime').strftime
var it_IT = {
    days: [ 'domenica', 'lunedi', 'martedi', 'mercoledi', 'giovedi', 'venerdi', 'sabato' ],
    shortDays: [ 'dom', 'lun', 'mar', 'mer', 'gio', 'ven', 'sab' ],

    months: [ 'gennaio', 'febbraio', 'marzo', 'aprile', 'maggio', 'giugno', 'luglio',
              'agosto', 'settembre', 'ottobre', 'novembre', 'dicembre' ],

    shortMonths: [ 'gen', 'feb', 'mar', 'apr', 'mag', 'giu', 'lug', 'ago',
                   'set', 'ott', 'nov', 'dic' ],
    AM: 'AM',
    PM: 'PM'
}
console.log(strftime('%B %d, %y %H:%M:%S', it_IT)) // => aprile 28, 2011 18:21:08

And if you don't want to pass a localization object every time you can get a localized strftime function like so:

var strftime = require('strftime')
var it_IT = { /* same as above */ }
var strftime_IT = strftime.getLocalizedStrftime(it_IT)
console.log(strftime_IT('%B %d, %y %H:%M:%S')) // aprile 28, 2011 18:21:08

For details just see man 3 strftime as the format specifiers are identical.

License

Copyright 2010 - 2011 Sami Samhuri sami.samhuri@gmail.com

MIT (see included LICENSE)