parse-messy-time

parse messy human date and time strings

example

var parse = require('parse-messy-time');
var q = process.argv.slice(2).join(' ');
console.log(parse(q));

output:

$ date; cal
Tue Apr 14 12:20:12 PDT 2015
     April 2015       
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  
          1  2  3  4  
 5  6  7  8  9 10 11  
12 13 14 15 16 17 18  
19 20 21 22 23 24 25  
26 27 28 29 30        
                      
$ node parse.js last wednesday
Wed Apr 08 2015 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (PDT)
$ node parse.js 9pm on the 4th of july 1988
Mon Jul 04 1988 21:00:00 GMT-0700 (PDT)
$ node parse.js next friday
Fri Apr 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (PDT)
$ node parse.js this friday
Fri Apr 17 2015 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (PDT)
$ node parse.js 6 am tomorrow
Wed Apr 15 2015 06:00:00 GMT-0700 (PDT)
$ node parse.js in 2hrs 50 minutes
Tue Apr 14 2015 15:10:12 GMT-0700 (PDT)
$ node parse.js 2.5 hours ago
Tue Apr 14 2015 09:50:12 GMT-0700 (PDT)

methods

1var parse = require('parse-messy-time')

var d = parse(str, opts)

Parse str, returning a Date instance d.

• opts.now - interpret str with respect to opts.now, default Date.now()

install

With npm do:

npm install parse-messy-time

license

MIT