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ndate script

Date format to console.

Usage: ndate [-] [--zero] [--date-style <full|long|medium|short>] [--time-style <full|long|medium|short>]
             [--time-zone <time-zone>] [--local <locale>] [--template <template>]
             [--json] [--epoch] [--epoch-ms] [--date <date>] [--help] [-j] [-d <date>]
             [-l <locale>] [-z] [-h]

Please install with deno:

deno install https://deno.land/x/ndate/ndate.ts

Samples use:

ndate # Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 5:59:37 PM Chile Summer Time
ndate --local es-CL # martes, 11 de octubre de 2022, 17:59:14 hora de verano de Chile
ndate --local en-CL # Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 5:59:37 PM Chile Summer Time
ndate --time-zone Asia/Tokyo --local en-US # Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 6:46:21 AM Japan Standard Time
LANG=en-US ndate --time-zone Asia/Tokyo # Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 6:46:21 AM Japan Standard Time
LANG=en-US TZ=Asia/Tokyo ndate # Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 6:46:21 AM Japan Standard Time
echo 2022-10-12T05:39:19.678Z | ndate - # Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 2:39:19 AM Chile Summer Time
ndate -j # 2022-10-12T05:40:33.246Z
ndate --epoch # 1689255846
ndate --epoch-ms # 1689255823663
ndate --epoch-ms -z # 1689255823663%
ndate --template '{{utc_full_year}}-{{utc_month:padStart:2:0}}-{{utc_date:padStart:2:0}}' # 2023-06-13

Options to --template

  • {{epoch}}: Date on unix time (It measures time by the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970)
  • {{epoch_ms}}: Date on unix time (It measures time by the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970)
  • {{json}}: Time on ISO 8601 (Alias of {{iso8601}})
  • {{iso}}: Time on ISO 8601 (Alias of {{iso8601}})
  • {{iso8601}}: Time on ISO 8601
  • {{utc}}: Date in the RFC 7231 format (Alias of {{rfc7231}})
  • {{rfc7231}}: Date in the RFC 7231 format
  • {{time}}: Result of date.getTime()
  • {{full_year}}: Result of date.getFullYear()
  • {{utc_full_year}}: Result of date.getUTCFullYear()
  • {{month}}: Result of date.getMonth()
  • {{utc_month}}: Result of date.getUTCMonth()
  • {{date}}: Result of date.getDate()
  • {{utc_date}}: Result of date.getUTCDate()
  • {{day}}: Result of date.getDay()
  • {{utc_day}}: Result of date.getUTCDay()
  • {{hours}}: Result of date.getHours()
  • {{utc_hours}}: Result of date.getUTCHours()
  • {{minutes}}: Result of date.getMinutes()
  • {{utc_minutes}}: Result of date.getUTCMinutes()
  • {{seconds}}: Result of date.getSeconds()
  • {{utc_seconds}}: Result of date.getUTCSeconds()
  • {{milliseconds}}: Result of date.getMilliseconds()
  • {{utc_milliseconds}}: Result of date.getUTCMilliseconds()
  • {{timezone_offset}}: Result of date.getTimezoneOffset()
  • {{local}}: Result of Intl.DateTimeFormat.format
  • {{local_day}}: day part of Intl.DateTimeFormat
  • {{local_dayPeriod}}: dayPeriod part of Intl.DateTimeFormat
  • {{local_era}}: era part of Intl.DateTimeFormat
  • {{local_hour}}: hour part of Intl.DateTimeFormat
  • {{local_literal}}: literal part of Intl.DateTimeFormat
  • {{local_minute}}: minute part of Intl.DateTimeFormat
  • {{local_month}}: month part of Intl.DateTimeFormat
  • {{local_second}}: second part of Intl.DateTimeFormat
  • {{local_timeZoneName}}: timeZoneName part of Intl.DateTimeFormat
  • {{local_weekday}}: weekday part of Intl.DateTimeFormat
  • {{local_year}}: year part of Intl.DateTimeFormat

Sample

ndate --template '{{utc_full_year}}-{{utc_month}}-{{utc_date}}' # 2023-6-13