A plugin is an independent module that can be added to Day.js to extend functionality or add new features.
By default, Day.js comes with core code only and no installed plugin.
You can load multiple plugins based on your need.
- Returns dayjs
Use a plugin.
import plugin
dayjs.extend(plugin)
dayjs.extend(plugin, options) // with plugin options
- Via NPM:
import dayjs from 'dayjs'
import AdvancedFormat from 'dayjs/plugin/advancedFormat' // load on demand
dayjs.extend(AdvancedFormat) // use plugin
- Via CDN:
<script src="https://unpkg.com/dayjs"></script>
<!-- Load plugin as window.dayjs_plugin_NAME -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/dayjs/plugin/advancedFormat"></script>
<script>
dayjs.extend(dayjs_plugin_advancedFormat);
</script>
- AdvancedFormat extends
dayjs().format
API to supply more format options.
import advancedFormat from 'dayjs/plugin/advancedFormat'
dayjs.extend(advancedFormat)
dayjs().format('Q Do k kk X x')
List of added formats:
Format | Output | Description |
---|---|---|
Q |
1-4 | Quarter |
Do |
1st 2nd ... 31st | Day of Month with ordinal |
k |
1-23 | The hour, beginning at 1 |
kk |
01-23 | The hour, 2-digits, beginning at 1 |
X |
1360013296 | Unix Timestamp in second |
x |
1360013296123 | Unix Timestamp in millisecond |
- RelativeTime adds
.from
.to
.fromNow
.toNow
APIs to formats date to relative time strings (e.g. 3 hours ago).
import relativeTime from 'dayjs/plugin/relativeTime'
dayjs.extend(relativeTime)
dayjs().from(dayjs('1990')) // 2 years ago
dayjs().from(dayjs(), true) // 2 years
dayjs().fromNow()
dayjs().to(dayjs())
dayjs().toNow()
Returns the string
of relative time from now.
Returns the string
of relative time from X.
Returns the string
of relative time to now.
Returns the string
of relative time to X.
Range | Key | Sample Output |
---|---|---|
0 to 44 seconds | s | a few seconds ago |
45 to 89 seconds | m | a minute ago |
90 seconds to 44 minutes | mm | 2 minutes ago ... 44 minutes ago |
45 to 89 minutes | h | an hour ago |
90 minutes to 21 hours | hh | 2 hours ago ... 21 hours ago |
22 to 35 hours | d | a day ago |
36 hours to 25 days | dd | 2 days ago ... 25 days ago |
26 to 45 days | M | a month ago |
46 days to 10 months | MM | 2 months ago ... 10 months ago |
11 months to 17months | y | a year ago |
18 months+ | yy | 2 years ago ... 20 years ago |
- IsLeapYear adds
.isLeapYear
API to returns aboolean
indicating whether theDayjs
's year is a leap year or not.
import isLeapYear from 'dayjs/plugin/isLeapYear'
dayjs.extend(isLeapYear)
dayjs('2000-01-01').isLeapYear(); // true
- BuddhistEra extends
dayjs().format
API to supply Buddhist Era (B.E.) format options. - Buddhist Era is a year numbering system that primarily used in mainland Southeast Asian countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand as well as in Sri Lanka and Chinese populations of Malaysia and Singapore for religious or official occasions (Wikipedia)
- To calculate BE year manually, just add 543 to year. For example 26 May 1977 AD/CE should display as 26 May 2520 BE (1977 + 543)
import buddhistEra from 'dayjs/plugin/buddhistEra'
dayjs.extend(buddhistEra)
dayjs().format('BBBB BB')
List of added formats:
Format | Output | Description |
---|---|---|
BBBB |
2561 | Full BE Year (Year + 543) |
BB |
61 | 2-digit of BE Year |
- WeekOfYear adds
.week()
API to returns anumber
indicating theDayjs
's week of the year.
import weekOfYear from 'dayjs/plugin/weekOfYear'
dayjs.extend(weekOfYear)
dayjs('06/27/2018').week() // 26
- IsBetween adds
.isBetween()
API to returns aboolean
indicating if a date is between two other dates.
import isBetween from 'dayjs/plugin/isBetween'
dayjs.extend(isBetween)
dayjs('2010-10-20').isBetween('2010-10-19', dayjs('2010-10-25')); // true
You could build your own Day.js plugin to meet different needs.
Feel free to open a pull request to share your plugin.
Template of a Day.js plugin.
export default (option, dayjsClass, dayjsFactory) => {
// extend dayjs()
// e.g. add dayjs().isSameOrBefore()
dayjsClass.prototype.isSameOrBefore = function (arguments) {}
// extend dayjs
// e.g. add dayjs.utc()
dayjsFactory.utc = (arguments) => {}
// overriding existing API
// e.g. extend dayjs().format()
const oldFormat = dayjsClass.prototype.format
dayjsClass.prototype.format = function (arguments) {
// original format result
const result = oldFormat(arguments)
// return modified result
}
}