RandBox Module Tour (11/12): time – Dates and Timezones

Overview

• Units: year/month/weekday/hour/minute/second/millisecond
• Structures: date/hammertime/timestamp
• Timezone and AM/PM: timezone/ampm

Examples

import RandBox from 'randbox'
const rb = new RandBox()
const when = rb.date?.({ year: { min: 1990, max: 2025 } })
const tz = rb.timezone?.()

Links

• Index: /en/docs/time/
• Pages: /en/docs/time/date, /en/docs/time/timezone, /en/docs/time/timestamp

FAQ

• Range constraints for date?
  • Constrain by year/month/day as needed.
• Difference between timestamp and hammertime?
  • Different representations/units depending on implementation.