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Oliver Steele
Visiting Research at NYU Shanghai; previously @ Nest, Apple, AOL; faculty @ Olin College, NYU Shanghai.
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viewof inputDate = Inputs.date()
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sampleDate = inputDate ?? new Date()
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function formatDate(date) {
let day = date.getDate();
let month = date.getMonth();
let year = date.getFullYear();
return `${year}-${month + 1}-${day}`;
}
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formatDate(sampleDate)
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function formatDateUTC(date) {
let day = date.getUTCDate();
let month = date.getUTCMonth();
let year = date.getUTCFullYear();
return `${year}-${month + 1}-${day}`;
}
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formatDateUTC(sampleDate)
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luxonDate = DateTime.fromJSDate(sampleDate).toUTC() // create a Luxon instance, for use below
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luxonDate.toISODate() // yyyy-mm-dd
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luxonDate.toLocaleString() // display in whatever format the user's browser is set to
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luxonDate.toLocaleString(DateTime.DATE_MED_WITH_WEEKDAY)
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luxonDate.toFormat("yyyy-MM-dd")
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luxon = require("luxon@1/build/amd/luxon.js")
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DateTime = luxon.DateTime
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