lots of work so far-- mostly tidying

node_modules/dateformat/test/basic.js

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+var dateFormat = require('./lib/dateformat.js');
+var now = new Date();
+
+// Basic usage
+console.log(dateFormat(now, "dddd, mmmm dS, yyyy, h:MM:ss TT"));
+// Saturday, June 9th, 2007, 5:46:21 PM
+
+// You can use one of several named masks
+console.log(dateFormat(now, "isoDateTime"));
+// 2007-06-09T17:46:21
+
+// ...Or add your own
+dateFormat.masks.hammerTime = 'HH:MM! "Can\'t touch this!"';
+console.log(dateFormat(now, "hammerTime"));
+// 17:46! Can't touch this!
+
+// When using the standalone dateFormat function,
+// you can also provide the date as a string
+console.log(dateFormat("Jun 9 2007", "fullDate"));
+// Saturday, June 9, 2007
+
+// Note that if you don't include the mask argument,
+// dateFormat.masks.default is used
+console.log(dateFormat(now));
+// Sat Jun 09 2007 17:46:21
+
+// And if you don't include the date argument,
+// the current date and time is used
+console.log(dateFormat());
+// Sat Jun 09 2007 17:46:22
+
+// You can also skip the date argument (as long as your mask doesn't
+// contain any numbers), in which case the current date/time is used
+console.log(dateFormat("longTime"));
+// 5:46:22 PM EST
+
+// And finally, you can convert local time to UTC time. Simply pass in
+// true as an additional argument (no argument skipping allowed in this case):
+console.log(dateFormat(now, "longTime", true));
+// 10:46:21 PM UTC
+
+// ...Or add the prefix "UTC:" to your mask.
+console.log(dateFormat(now, "UTC:h:MM:ss TT Z"));
+// 10:46:21 PM UTC
+