# time-stamp [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/time-stamp) [](https://npmjs.org/package/time-stamp) [](https://npmjs.org/package/time-stamp) [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/time-stamp)
> Get a formatted timestamp.
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- [Install](#install)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Customizing the timestamp](#customizing-the-timestamp)
- [Release history](#release-history)
* [v2.0.0](#v200)
- [About](#about)
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## Install
Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
```sh
$ npm install --save time-stamp
```
## Usage
```js
const timestamp = require('time-stamp');
console.log(timestamp());
//=> 2018-10-26
console.log(timestamp.utc());
//=> 2018-10-26
```
## Customizing the timestamp
You may also pass a string to format the generated timestamp.
```js
console.log(timestamp('YYYYMMDD'));
//=> 20181026
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYYMMDD'));
//=> 20181026
```
**Supported patterns**
* `YYYY`: full year (ex: **2018**)
* `MM`: month (ex: **04**)
* `DD`: day (ex: **01**)
* `HH`: hours (ex: **12**)
* `mm`: minutes (ex: **59**)
* `ss`: seconds (ex: **09**)
* `ms`: milliseconds (ex: **532**)
**Usage Examples**
```js
console.log(timestamp('YYYYMMDD'));
//=> 20181026
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYYMMDD'));
//=> 20181026
console.log(timestamp('YYYYMMDD:ss'));
//=> 20181026:24
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYYMMDD:ss'));
//=> 20181026:24
console.log(timestamp('YYYY/MM/DD:mm:ss'));
//=> 2018/10/26:46:24
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYY/MM/DD:mm:ss'));
//=> 2018/10/26:46:24
console.log(timestamp('YYYY:MM:DD'));
//=> 2018:10:26
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYY:MM:DD'));
//=> 2018:10:26
console.log(timestamp('[YYYY:MM:DD]'));
//=> [2018:10:26]
console.log(timestamp.utc('[YYYY:MM:DD]'));
//=> [2018:10:26]
console.log(timestamp('YYYY/MM/DD'));
//=> 2018/10/26
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYY/MM/DD'));
//=> 2018/10/26
console.log(timestamp('YYYY:MM'));
//=> 2018:10
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYY:MM'));
//=> 2018:10
console.log(timestamp('YYYY'));
//=> 2018
console.log(timestamp.utc('YYYY'));
//=> 2018
console.log(timestamp('MM'));
//=> 10
console.log(timestamp.utc('MM'));
//=> 10
console.log(timestamp('DD'));
//=> 26
console.log(timestamp.utc('DD'));
//=> 26
console.log(timestamp('HH'));
//=> 00
console.log(timestamp.utc('HH'));
//=> 04
console.log(timestamp('mm'));
//=> 46
console.log(timestamp.utc('mm'));
//=> 46
console.log(timestamp('ss'));
//=> 24
console.log(timestamp.utc('ss'));
//=> 24
console.log(timestamp('ms'));
//=> 186
console.log(timestamp.utc('ms'));
//=> 186
```
## Release history
### v2.0.0
**Breaking changes**
Default pattern was changed from `YYYY:MM:DD` to `YYYY-MM-DD`. See [issues/3](../../issues) for more details.
## About
<details>
<summary><strong>Contributing</strong></summary>
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>Running Tests</strong></summary>
Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
```sh
$ npm install && npm test
```
</details>
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### Related projects
You might also be interested in these projects:
* [days](https://www.npmjs.com/package/days): Days of the week. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/days "Days of the week.")
* [iso-week](https://www.npmjs.com/package/iso-week): Get the ISO week of the year. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/iso-week "Get the ISO week of the year.")
* [month](https://www.npmjs.com/package/month): Get the name or number of the current month or any month of the year. | [homepage](https://github.com/datetime/month "Get the name or number of the current month or any month of the year.")
* [months](https://www.npmjs.com/package/months): Months of the year. | [homepage](https://github.com/datetime/months "Months of the year.")
* [o-clock](https://www.npmjs.com/package/o-clock): Simple javascript utility for displaying the time in 12-hour clock format. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/o-clock "Simple javascript utility for displaying the time in 12-hour clock format.")
* [seconds](https://www.npmjs.com/package/seconds): Get the number of seconds for a minute, hour, day and week. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/seconds "Get the number of seconds for a minute, hour, day and week.")
* [week](https://www.npmjs.com/package/week): Get the current week number. | [homepage](https://github.com/datetime/week "Get the current week number.")
* [weekday](https://www.npmjs.com/package/weekday): Get the name and number of the current weekday. Or get the name of the… [more](https://github.com/datetime/weekday) | [homepage](https://github.com/datetime/weekday "Get the name and number of the current weekday. Or get the name of the weekday for a given number.")
* [year](https://www.npmjs.com/package/year): Simple utility to get the current year with 2 or 4 digits. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/year "Simple utility to get the current year with 2 or 4 digits.")
### Contributors
| **Commits** | **Contributor** |
| --- | --- |
| 31 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
| 7 | [doowb](https://github.com/doowb) |
| 1 | [evocateur](https://github.com/evocateur) |
| 1 | [mendenhallmagic](https://github.com/mendenhallmagic) |
| 1 | [mvanroon](https://github.com/mvanroon) |
| 1 | [leesei](https://github.com/leesei) |
| 1 | [sleagon](https://github.com/sleagon) |
### Author
**Jon Schlinkert**
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* [Twitter Profile](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)
* [LinkedIn Profile](https://linkedin.com/in/jonschlinkert)
### License
Copyright © 2018, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
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