date-fns provides the most comprehensive, yet simple and consistent toolset for manipulating JavaScript dates in a browser & Node.js.
date-fns is like lodash for dates. It has 200+ functions for all occasions.
import { format, compareAsc } from 'date-fns'
format(new Date(2014, 1, 11), 'MM/dd/yyyy')
//=> '02/11/2014'
const dates = [
new Date(1995, 6, 2),
new Date(1987, 1, 11),
new Date(1989, 6, 10),
]
dates.sort(compareAsc)
//=> [
// Wed Feb 11 1987 00:00:00,
// Mon Jul 10 1989 00:00:00,
// Sun Jul 02 1995 00:00:00
// ]
date-fns includes some optional features as submodules in the npm package. Here is the list of them, in order of nesting:
FP — functional programming-friendly variations of the functions. See FP Guide;
UTC (in development) — variations of the functions which calculate dates in UTC±00:00 timezone.
The later submodules are also included inside the former if you want to use multiple features from the list.
To use submodule features, install the npm package and then import a function from a submodule:
// The main submodule:
import addDays from 'date-fns/addDays'
// FP variation:
import addDays from 'date-fns/fp/addDays'
// UTC variation:
import addDays from 'date-fns/utc/addDays'
// Both FP and UTC:
import addDays from 'date-fns/fp/utc/addDays'
// With tree-shaking enabled:
import { addDays, format } from 'date-fns/fp'
The library is available as an npm package.
To install the package, run:
npm install date-fns --save
# or
yarn add date-fns
Start using:
import { formatDistance, subDays } from 'date-fns'
formatDistance(subDays(new Date(), 3), new Date(), { addSuffix: true })
//=> "3 days ago"