parseDate

Parses a date based on the locale and options.

parseDate(value, options?)

Arguments

• value - string - Date string to be parsed
• options? - object - Parsing options

Example

import { useGlobalize } from 'react-native-globalize';

const ExampleComponent = () => {
  const { parseDate } = useGlobalize();

  parseDate('1/1/2020', { skeleton: 'yMd' });
  // Date(2020, 0, 1)
};

Options

• date
• datetime
• skeleton
• time

Note: Specify one of date, datetime, skeleton, or time.

date

Type	Required	Default	Description
string	No	none	Shorthand date-only parsing specification. Possible values: full, long, medium, short.

parseDate('January 1, 2020', { date: 'long' });
// Date(2020, 0, 1)

datetime

Type	Required	Default	Description
string	No	none	Shorthand date and time parsing specification. Possible values: full, long, medium, short.

parseDate('1/1/20, 12:00 AM', { datetime: 'short' });
// Date(2020, 0, 1)

skeleton

Type	Required	Default	Description
string	No	none	Flexible parsing mechanism using a pattern with fields in canonical order. See list of skeleton patterns (not all options supported).

parseDate('Jan 1, 2020, 12:00 AM', { skeleton: 'yMMMdhm' });
// Date(2020, 0, 1)

time

Type	Required	Default	Description
string	No	none	Shorthand time-only parsing specification. Possible values: full, long, medium, short.

parseDate('12:00 AM', { time: 'full' });
// Date(today @ 00:00:00)