Moment.js Parse Date Format Plugin
Parse Date Format is a moment.js plugin to can be used to extract a date/time string’s format from a given string. This format can then be later used with other Moment methods.
Write the below command in the terminal to install Date Format Plugin:
npm install moment-parseformat
The following are some of the functions in this plugin:
- parseFormat
The below examples will help to understand some of the methods of the Parse Date Format Plugin.
Example 1:
Javascript
import moment from 'moment' ; import parseFormat from 'moment-parseformat' ; const format = parseFormat( 'Tuesday, 12th July, 2022 - 12:19 PM' ); let obj = { year: 1999, month: 4, day: 21, minutes: 10, second: 7, milliseconds: 55 }; let date = moment(obj); console.log(date.format(format)); |
Output:
Example 2:
Javascript
import moment from 'moment' ; import parseFormat from 'moment-parseformat' ; const format = parseFormat( '10/10/2010' , { preferredOrder: { '/' : 'DMY' , '.' : 'MDY' , '-' : 'YMD' } } ); let day = "2010-02-28 13:40:55" let date = moment(day); console.log(date.format(format)); |
Output:
Reference: https://momentjs.com/docs/#/plugins/parseformat/