date format date-fns code example

Example 1: date-fns format

import { format, formatDistance, formatRelative, subDays } from 'date-fns'

format(new Date(), "'Today is a' eeee")
//=> "Today is a Saturday"

formatDistance(subDays(new Date(), 3), new Date(), { addSuffix: true })
//=> "3 days ago"

formatRelative(subDays(new Date(), 3), new Date())
//=> "last Friday at 7:26 p.m."

Example 2: format date to text format using date-fns

const {format} = require('date-fns');
//parse a default date value
const date = new Date('2020/09/19');
console.log(date);
console.log(`${format(date, 'dd.MM.yyyy')}`);
console.log(`${format(date, 'yyyy-MM-dd').toString()}`);
console.log(`${format(date, 'EEEE, MMMM yyyy')}`);
console.log(`${format(date, 'EEEE,MMMM do, yyyy hh:mm a')}`);
console.log(`${format(date, 'MMMM, yyyy')}`);
console.log(`${format(date, 'MMMM.do.')}`);
console.log(`${format(date, 'EEEE do HH:mm ')}`);
console.log(`${format(date, 'EEEE,MMMM do, yyyy ppppp')}`);
console.log(`${format(date, 'do  MMMM yyyy OOOO')}`);