vue-use-date

# 📆 useDate

useDate It is a function that we have completed date operations in functions.

# 🍁 Usage

useDate function import.

import { useDate } from 'vue-use-date';
const { format, timeAgo, getDate, utc, timezone, difference } = useDate('Type a here....');

  
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# 🛠 Setup

# 🔑 Step 1

src/dayjs.js

Open a file named as dayjs.js inside the folder of src and add the codes below. The reason adding dayjs.js file is customizability of dayjs library.

# dayjs.js

import Vue from 'vue';
import dayjs from 'dayjs';
// For the other language options, add "dayjs/locale/{langCode}"
import 'dayjs/locale/tr';
import 'dayjs/locale/ar';
import relativeTime from 'dayjs/plugin/relativeTime';
import localizedFormat from 'dayjs/plugin/localizedFormat';
import utc from 'dayjs/plugin/utc';
import timezone from 'dayjs/plugin/timezone';

dayjs.extend(relativeTime);
dayjs.extend(localizedFormat);
dayjs.extend(utc);
dayjs.extend(timezone);

Object.defineProperties(Vue.prototype, {
  $dayjs: {
    get() {
      return dayjs;
    },
  },
});

  
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# 🔑 Step 2

Import dayjs.js file inside main.js

# main.js

import Vue from 'vue';
import App from './App.vue';
import VueCompositionApi from '@vue/composition-api';
// "dayjs.js" imported
import './dayjs.js';

Vue.use(VueCompositionApi);
Vue.config.productionTip = false;

new Vue({
  render: h => h(App),
}).$mount('#app');

  
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# 💐 Example

You can see how it changes reactively using the example below.

Language: en

Format: Saturday, July 5, 2025 11:00 PM

TimeAgo: 4 years ago

GetDate: 5

Difference: 2587

Utc: Saturday, July 5, 2025 11:00 PM

Timezone: 07/05/2025 7:00 PM

<template>
  <div class="date">
    <div class="wrapper">
      <div class="select">
        <select v-model="selectedLang">
          <option v-for="lang in languages" :value="lang.key" :key="lang.key">{{ lang.name }}</option>
        </select>
        <h4>Language: {{ langUnit }}</h4>
      </div>
    </div>
    <p><b>Format: </b>{{ dateFormat }}</p>
    <p><b>TimeAgo: </b>{{ timeAgoFormat }}</p>
    <p><b>GetDate: </b>{{ getDateFormat }}</p>
    <p><b>Difference: </b>{{ differenceFormat }}</p>
    <p><b>Utc: </b>{{ utcFormat }}</p>
    <p><b>Timezone: </b>{{ timezoneFormat }}</p>
  </div>
</template>

  
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# 🌟 Features

# format() Func

is used to format sent date. Gets two parameters. First one is the date that is going to be formatted, second one is format style.

const dateFormat = format(date, 'dddd'); //  Friday, April 9, 2021 11:47 PM
const dateFormat = format(date, 'YYYY'); // 2021
const dateFormat = format(date, 'MMM'); // Jan-Dec

  
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Format Output Description
YY 18 Two-digit year
YYYY 2018 Four-digit year
M 1-12 The month, beginning at 1
MM 01-12 The month, 2-digits
MMM Jan-Dec The abbreviated month name
MMMM January-December The full month name
D 1-31 The day of the month
DD 01-31 The day of the month, 2-digits
d 0-6 The day of the week, with Sunday as 0
dd Su-Sa The min name of the day of the week
ddd Sun-Sat The short name of the day of the week
dddd Sunday-Saturday The name of the day of the week
H 0-23 The hour
HH 00-23 The hour, 2-digits
h 1-12 The hour, 12-hour clock
hh 01-12 The hour, 12-hour clock, 2-digits
m 0-59 The minute
mm 00-59 The minute, 2-digits
s 0-59 The second
ss 00-59 The second, 2-digits
SSS 000-999 The millisecond, 3-digits
Z +05:00 The offset from UTC, ±HH:mm
ZZ +0500 The offset from UTC, ±HHmm
A AM PM
a am pm

List of localized formats

Format English Locale Sample Output
LT h:mm A 8:02 PM
LTS h:mm:ss A 8:02:18 PM
L MM/DD/YYYY 08/16/2018
LL MMMM D, YYYY August 16, 2018
LLL MMMM D, YYYY h:mm A August 16, 2018 8:02 PM
LLLL dddd, MMMM D, YYYY h:mm A Thursday, August 16, 2018 8:02 PM
l M/D/YYYY 8/16/2018
ll MMM D, YYYY Aug 16, 2018
lll MMM D, YYYY h:mm A Aug 16, 2018 8:02 PM
llll ddd, MMM D, YYYY h:mm A Thu, Aug 16, 2018 8:02 PM

Sample

const dateFormat = format(date, 'LLLL'); // Friday, April 9, 2021 9:23 PM
const dateFormat = format(date, 'llll'); // Fri, Apr 9, 2021 9:23 PM
const dateFormat = format(date, 'll'); // Apr 9, 2021

  
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# getDate() Func

const getDateFormat = getDate('date'); // date => Ayın Tarihi

  
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Uni Shorted Description
date D Date of Month
day d Day of Week (Sunday as 0, Saturday as 6)
month M Month (January as 0, December as 11)
year y Year
hour h Hour
minute m Minute
second s Second
milisecond ms Millisecond

# difference() Func

Gives the difference of two dates according to the determined time unit.

Gets three parameters

1- First Date

2- Second Date

3- Time Unit

// It tells you how many days are between two dates.
const differenceFormat = difference(date1, date2, 'day');

// Reports how many months are between two dates.
const differenceFormat = difference(date1, date2, 'mount');

  
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# utc() Func

Gets two parameters. First one is the sent date, second one is date format unit.

const utcFormat = utc(date, 'llll');

  
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# timezone() Func

It takes 3 parameters.

1- Date

2- Location

3- Format Unit

const timezoneFormat = timezone('2014-06-01 12:00', 'Europe/Istanbul', 'LLLL');

  
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