It’s Probably Not Necessary to Use Angular’s Date Pipe
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May 16, 2022
Dates are an integral part of almost every application. Angular provides a date pipe out-of-the-box. The date pipe allows users to convert dates according to predefined or custom Angular date formats. For example:
Using it today is disadvantageous because we load a bunch of code when we can probably achieve the same functionality natively. The Intl.DateTimeFormat API can be used unless there is a special use-case you need that is only supported by Angular.
Let’s use that as the basis for a date pipe:
It can be customized to meet your needs. It supports timezones, locales, and custom formats, among other features.
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