approximate

A library to parse "approximate" dates.

• Trivial example:

  var approx = require('approximate')(2015);
  var parsedDate = approx.parse('JAN 15');
  console.log(parsedDate); 
  // yields timestamp equivalent to January 15, 2015 00:00:00Z

• More complicated example: But what if I want to parse a more complex string and just get a valid Date object? Then I can do the same thing:

  var approx = require('approximate')(2015);
  var parsedDate = approx.parse('JAN 15 - THE WILD ATARIS, LARGE TYPHOON, THE IGNORANT GOATS');
  console.log(parsedDate); 
  // yields timestamp equivalent to January 15, 2015 00:00:00Z

• ...and:

  var approx = require('approximate')(2015);
  var parsedDate = approx.parse('4/15 - April and the Showers, Flowers for April');
  console.log(parsedDate); 
  // yields timestamp equivalent to April 15, 2015 00:00:00Z