mrslwiseman / fcc-timestamp-parser

Unix / Natural Time Parser

Timestamp microservice

Part of a series of FCC Back end projects.

• Converts a UNIX timestamp to a natural date, and vice versa.

User Stories

• I can pass a string as a parameter, and it will check to see whether that string contains either a unix timestamp or a natural language date (example: January 1, 2016)
• If it does, it returns both the Unix timestamp and the natural language form of that date.
• If it does not contain a date or Unix timestamp, it returns null for those properties.

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You can read more about UNIX timestamps here

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Example Usage

Natural:
...herokuapp.com/December%2015,%202015

Unix:
...herokuapp.com/1450137600

Example Output:

{ "unix": 1450137600, "natural": "December 15, 2015" }

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Takeaways from this project

• Getting my chops up writing tests FIRST.
• Getting more familiar with mocha, chai, chai-http and BDD in general.
• More familiar with the Date API.