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