Calculate difference between two dates
npm install date-differRun as a command line program.
``npm install -g date-differ`
date-differ [-f] [[-t] ] [-d]
Calculate difference between two dates. Result is relative, for years, months and days, or absolute days.
Parameters:
-f, --from, Date from, valid JavaScript date format
-t, --to, Date to, valid JavaScript date format
-d, --days, Only print days
Examples
$ date-differ -f 2020-11-24 -t 2020-12-24
1 month
$ date-differ -f 2020-11-24 -t 2020-12-24 -d
30 days
Node module
Use in a node script.
Installation
npm install date-differ`Usage
javascript
const dateDiffer = require("date-differ");
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The functions takes an object as its only parameter:
javascript
{
from, // String, a parsable date, defaults to today
to, // String, a parsable date, defaults to today
days, // Boolean, optional, return only days
}
`$3
javascript
const result = dateDiffer({
from: "2020-11-24",
to: 1608764400000, // 2020-12-24 in milliseconds since Unix Epoch
});console.log(result); // 1 month
`
javascript
const result = dateDiffer({
from: "2020-11-24",
to: "2020-12-24T15:00:00",
days: true,
});console.log(result); // 30 days
``