JavaScript Libs: Moment.js – Parse, manipulate and display dates/times
Moment.js is currently the de facto library for handling and manipulating dates and times. Comprehensive and probably used in all major projects requiring datetime manipulation. Supports dozens of local time formats. Works in browser and with NodeJS.
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Moment.js
Use Moment.js to parse, validate, manipulate, and display dates and times in JavaScript
What it does
Moment.js is currently the de facto library for handling and manipulating dates and times. Comprehensive and probably used in all major projects requiring datetime manipulation. Supports dozens of local time formats. Works in browser and with Node.js.
License: Moment.js is free and licensed under MIT.
Popularity: Massive. npm has more than 4 million downloads per week.
Features
- Works in virtually all JavaScript environments
- Parse dates and times
- Get/Set dates and times
- Manipulate dates and times
- Display dates and times
- Query dates and times
- Durations
- Includes other date and time Utilities
- Locale support
Where to Find Moment:
On npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/moment
On github: https://github.com/moment/moment
Recommended Installation:
[npm] – npm install moment –save
[yarn] – yarn add moment
[Nuget] – Install-Package Moment.js
Examples:
var now = moment(); // get todays date/time
var day = moment("2018-12-25"); // get Christmas day 2018
moment().startOf('day').fromNow(); // relative time, e.g. 5 hours ago
moment().add(1, 'days').calendar(); // tomorrow. add or subtract days/weeks/months
moment().format("dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a"); // format date, "Monday, May 23th 2018, 6:25:50 pm"
moment('2017-09-20').isBefore('2018-01-01', 'year'); // compare - true
Further Examples: