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moment-parser

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Natural language time parser for moment.js strings

Quick start

npm install moment-parser

var parser = require('moment-parser');

// durations
console.log(parser.parse('1 hour')); //{ type: 'MomentDuration', value: 1, unit: 'hour' }
console.log(parser.parseDuration('2 months and 1 day')); // a momentjs duration of { days: 1, months: 2 }

// moments
console.log(parser.parse('2015-01-01')); //{ type: 'ISODateLiteral', value: '2015-01-01T00:00:00' }
console.log(parser.parseMoment('day 5 of next month')); // a momentjs moment at the start of next month plus 4 days

More Examples In Tests

Running Unit Tests

npm test

More examples

(proper grammar docs coming soon!)

Absolute Moments

All times are UTC0 unless a time zone is specified by appending it to an ISO-8601 string. ​ ​

  • Midnight on a specific date (UTC0):
2014-09-21

2014-09-22T11:39:17.993

  • The same date and time, as Pacific Standard Time:
2014-09-22T03:39:17.993-08:00

Durations

  • One second, minute, hour, day, week, and so on:
second
minute
hour
day
week
month
year

​ Note that month and year are special "calendar" durations that do not have fixed length but instead advance whole months or years relative to a fixed moment. ​

  • Abbreviations for 0 seconds, 1 minute, 2 hours, 3 days, 4 weeks, 5 months, 6 years:
0s
1m
2h
3d
4w
5M
6y

  • Two ways to write one hour and twenty-three minutes:
 1 hour and 23 minutes
 01:23:00

  • Additional examples:
 1 second
 20 minutes

Relative Moments

  • The moment at which the program started running:
now

  • Midnight yesterday, today, or tomorrow:
yesterday
today
tomorrow

  • Seven hours after midnight on the current day:
07:00:00 after today

  • One minute from the start of the program's execution:
 1 minute from now

  • Shorter way to write 2 minutes from now:
+2m

  • Shorter way to write 1 hour and 10 minutes before now:
-01:10:00

  • Now minus 72 hours:
 3 days ago

  • Now minus 22 days:
 3 weeks and 1 day ago

  • Midnight of the first day of the current calendar month:
this month

  • Midnight of the first day of the previous calendar month:
last month

  • Midnight of the 20th day of the previous calendar month:
day 20 of last month

  • The minute in which the program began executing:
this minute

  • The next even hour after the start of the program's execution:
next hour

  • The day in which the program began executing:
this day
today

  • The day before the day in which the program began executing:
last day
yesterday

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