chaj

Is modern browser fast and small with zero dependency native JavaScript datetime converting and formatting from Shamsi/Jalali/Persian to Gregory and vice versa.

The API using modern browser Intl.DateTimeFormat object for date and time formatting.

تبدیل و تغیر تاریخ هجری شمسی/جلالی به میلادی و برعکس آن برای بروزر های جدید و Nodejs

Quick Info:

Shamsi/Jalali/Persian or Solar Hijri Calendar currently using in Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan you can find more info Here the API converting and formatting datetime to gregory and vice versa.

Getting Started

Installation - فعالسازی

in Browser: در بروزر

You can Download and link to file.

<script src="path/to/chaj.js"></script>

Via npm package manager در Nodejs

npm install chajdate

Usage: - استفاده

• Currently, there is only one public method: Chaj.format()

The method taking tow paramters date as string in ISO 8601 format, and second param as object with all available and valid properties of Intl.DateTimeFormat - Options and return converted/formatted date as string/array

Example: مثالها

By default Chaj.format() with zero param return current local date & time.

const Chaj = require('chajdate');

// with no parameters.
Chaj.format() // current date 0000/00/00


// convert/format gregory to shamsi/jalali/persian
Chaj.format('2022-10-25') // 1401/8/3

// convert/format shamsi/jalali/persian to gregory
Chaj.format('1401-8-25', {shamsi: true}) // 11/16/2022

// Customize the date by adding more options
Chaj.format(null, {dateStyle: 'full'}) // current date

Chaj.format('2022-10-25', {dateStyle: 'full'}) // 1401 عقرب 3, سه‌شنبه

Chaj.format('1401-10-02', {shamsi: true, dateStyle: 'full'}) // Friday, December 23, 2022

Parameters/Options

• First Param Date as string in ISO 8601 format a space instead of the "T" is allowed.

  Chaj.format('2022-10-25T12:00:00.000Z')` - `Chaj.format('2022-10-25 14:25')

• Second Param as object {} you can pass all Intl.DateTimeFormat - Options at once.

  Chaj.format('2022-10-25', {
    dateStyle: 'full',
    locale: 'en-US',
    timeZone: 'Asia/Kabul', 
    calendar: 'persian'}
    )

• Converting shamsi/jalali/persian date to gregory add shamsi as boolean default is false.

  Chaj.format('1401-8-25', {
    shamsi: true, 
    dateStyle: 'full', 
    locale: 'en-US', 
    timeZone: 'Asia/Kabul', 
    calendar: 'persian'}
    )

• By default it converting/formatting date with local datetime. you can add utc key to option with boolean value default is false for converting/formatting date and time to UTC.

  Chaj.format('1401-8-25', {
    shamsi: true,
    utc: true,
    dateStyle: 'full',
    locale: 'en-US',
    timeZone: 'Asia/Kabul',
    calendar: 'persian'}
    )

Return value.

By default it return as string you can add toArray as boolean for returning value as array of objects.

Default Paramters/Options:

• Date as string current local date & time.
• Options as object

  timeZone: 'Asia/Kabul',
  calendar: 'persian',
  locale: 'fa-AF-u-nu-latn',
  utc: false,
  shamsi: false,
  toArray: false

More Options:

you can find more formatting information about Intl.DateTimeFormat - Options , Thanks to MDN documentation Here

Browser/Nodejs Support

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TODO: add more public methods.

License

MIT