npm install date-parser 
Parses spoken datetime sentence into an Date object. Only Traditional Chinese is supported now.
``bash`
$ npm install --save date-parser
$ node
> dateParser = require('date-parser');
`html`
Select the default locale with:
`js`
dateParser.locale('zh-TW');
dateParser.timezone('Asia/Taipei');
Or just specify it on the go:
`js`
dateParser.parse('二零一四年五月五日', 'Asia/Taipei', 'zh-TW');
The date-parser can parse any kind of spoken datetime into an Data object:
`js`
dateParser.parse('2014年10月20日'); // -> Mon Oct 20 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0800 (CST)
dateParser.parse('二零一四年五月五日'); // -> Mon May 05 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0800 (CST)
dateParser.parse('2010/2/28 晚上八點'); // -> Sun Feb 28 2010 20:00:00 GMT+0800 (CST)
dateParser.parse('今天中午'); // -> (Today!) 12:00:00 GMT+0800 (CST)
You can just say an incomplete sentence, the parser will smartly guesses what you want:
`js`
dateParser.parse('中午'); // -> (Today!) 12:00:00 GMT+0800 (CST)
dateParser.parse('今晚'); // -> (Today!) 18:00:00 GMT+0800 (CST)
dateParser.parse('三點半'); // -> (Today!) 15:30:00 GMT+0800 (CST) (or 03:30:00, depends on current time)
dateParser.parse('五月五'); // -> ... May 05 ... 00:00:00 GMT+0800 (CST)
dateParser.parse('星期五晚上'); // -> Fri ... 18:00:00 GMT+0800 (CST)
Relative datetime is supported too.
`js`
dateParser.parse('下星期五晚上'); // -> Fri ... 18:00:00 GMT+0800 (CST)
dateParser.parse('兩小時後'); // -> ...
dateParser.parse('這週末'); // -> ...
dateParser.parse('明天凌晨三點'); // -> (Tomorrow!) 03:00:00 GMT+0800 (CST)
dateParser.parse('明年一月一號'); // -> ... Jan 01 ... 00:00:00 GMT+0800 (CST)
You can specify an ending datetime if needed:
`js`
meeting = dateParser.parse('早上八點到晚上十點'); // -> { (Today!) 08:00:00 GMT+0800 endTime: (Today!) 22:00:00 GMT+0800 }
meeting.endTime; // -> (Today!) 22:00:00 GMT+0800
party = dateParser.parse('週五 6:00pm ~ 週六 10:00am'); // -> { Fri ... 18:00:00 GMT+0800 endTime: Sat ... 08:00:00 GMT+0800 }
party.endTime; // -> Sat ... 08:00:00 GMT+0800
BTW, the event's name and location can also be parsed out.
`js``
play = dateParser.parse('星期五晚上到下禮拜六早上要一直玩一直玩一直玩');
// -> { ... 18:00:00 GMT+0800
// eventName: '一直玩一直玩一直玩',
// endTime: ... 09:00:00 GMT+0800 }
play.eventName; // -> '一直玩一直玩一直玩'
dateParser.parse('今天晚上在聽風家有披薩吃');
// -> { ... 18:00:00 GMT+0800
// location: '聽風家',
// eventName: '披薩吃' }
dateParser.parse('明天中午到下午要開會');
// -> { (Tomorrow!) 12:00:00 GMT+0800
// eventName: '開會',
// endTime: (Tomorrow!) 14:00:00 GMT+0800 }