date-fns: Detailed Overview & Metrics

v4.1.0(4 months ago)

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date-fns is a modern JavaScript date utility library that provides comprehensive functionality for manipulating, formatting, and parsing dates. It offers a modular and functional approach to working with dates, allowing developers to easily perform common date operations like adding or subtracting time, calculating differences between dates, and formatting dates in various locales.

Compared to other date libraries like Moment.js, date-fns is lightweight, modular, and optimized for tree-shaking, resulting in smaller bundle sizes. It also follows the ECMAScript Internationalization API, making it easier to work with different locales and timezones. date-fns is actively maintained and recommended for modern date handling in JavaScript applications.

Alternatives:
dayjs+
luxon+
moment+
js-joda+
chrono-node+
spacetime+
date-and-time+
ms+
dateformat+
timeago.js+

Tags: javascriptdatetimeutilityformatting