Node.js Date.preparse() API

The date-and-time.Date.preparse() is a minimalist collection of functions for manipulating JS date and time module which is used to pre-parse the date according to a certain pattern.

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:

preparse(dateString, arg)

Parameters: This method takes the following arguments as parameters:

• dateString: It is the string object of the date.
• arg: It is the required date format.

Return Value: This method returns parsed date and time.

Example 1:

Run the index.js file using the following command:

node index.js

Output:

{
 Y: 2021, 
 M: 3, 
 D: 7, 
 H: 0, 
 A: 0, 
 h: 0, 
 m: 0, 
 s: 0, 
 S: 0, 
 Z: 0, 
 _index: 8, 
 _length: 8,
 _match: 3 
}

Example 2:

Run the index.js file using the following command:

node index.js

Output:

pre parsed date and time : 17

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