Node.js Date.compile() API

The date-and-time.Date.compile() is a minimalist collection of functions for manipulating JS date and time module which is used to compile a format string for the parser.

Required Module: Install the module by npm or used it locally.

• By using npm.

npm install date-and-time --save

• By using CDN link.

<script src="/path/to/date-and-time.min.js"></script>

Syntax:

compile(formatString)

Parameters: This method takes the format string as the parameter.

Return Value: This method returns the formatted string date.

Example 1:

index.js

// Node.js program to demonstrate the
// Date.compile() method

// Importing http module
const date = require('date-and-time')

// Creating object of current date and time
// by using Date()
const now  =  new Date('07-03-2021');

// Getting pattern for the future use
// by using date.compile() method
const pattern = date.compile('D/M/YYYY');

// Getting formatted date and time
// by using format() method
const value = date.format(now,pattern)

// Display the result
console.log("Formatted date and time : " + value)

Run the index.js file using the following command:

node index.js

Output:

Formatted date and time : 1/1/1970

Example 2:

index.js

// Node.js program to demonstrate the
// Date.compile() method

// Importing module
const date = require('date-and-time')

// Creating object of current date and time
// by using Date()
const now = new Date('07-03-2021');

// Getting pattern for the future use
// by using date.compile() method
const pattern = date.compile('M/D/YYYY');

// Parsing the date and time
// by using date.parse() method
const value = date.parse(now.toLocaleDateString(), pattern);

// Display the result
console.log("Formatted date and time: " + value)

Run the index.js file using the following command:

node index.js

Output:

Formatted date and time: 
Sat Jul 03 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

Reference: https://github.com/knowledgecode/date-and-time