dojox.date.relative¶
| Owner: | Nathan Toone |
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The dojox.date.relative package provides a function for parsing dates relative to a second date, and only displaying the most significant portion. This is very helpful in a situation where space is at a premium, and there are a wide range of dates that could be displayed. By default all dates are relative to the current time - but this can be changed via an option.
- Dates are formatted according to the following logic:
- If the day portion of the date falls within the day portion of the relativeDate, then the time will be all that is displayed (i.e. “9:32 AM”)
- If the day portion of the date falls within the week preceding the relativeDate, then the display will show day of week and time (i.e. “Mon 9:32 AM”)
- If the year portion of the date falls within the year portion of the relativeDate, then the display will show month and day (i.e. “Nov 1”)
- Otherwise, this function is equivalent to calling dojo.date.format with formatLength of “medium”
Options¶
dojox.date.relative.format takes a JavaScript Date object, and an optional kwArgs parameter.
- Possible values for the kwArgs are:
- ‘’‘locale’‘’: Set if you want to specify a locale. Defaults to current locale.
- ‘’‘relativeDate’‘’: Set if you want to calculate relative to a different date. Defaults to the current date and time.
- ‘’‘weekCheck’‘’: Set to false if you do not want to do the week-based check (the second condition above)