node-nepali-datetime
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Add support for devanagari date string while parsing
This feature allows us to take input from Devanagari strings such as "२०७८-०१-१८" into the NepaliDate object. The current parse
module should handle the Devanagari string so that the NepaliDate
object can be initialized from such class.
const nepaliDate = new NepaliDate("२०७८-०१-१८")
The steps for parsing are like below:
- The input (can be both English or Devanagari string)
- Translate the Devanagari date strings to English strings. Translation includes numbers, months, and months abbrs.
- Use the translated English string for parsing.
In my opinion, we should stick to how native js date initialisation works.
@binodnepali, Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We are adding this feature because we already have a method for formatting in Nepali (.formatNepali), and now we need one for parsing it. Other Nepali date tools are also considering or already have this feature.
If we want to keep initialization simple, we could add a static method like parseNepali(...), which acts as the opposite of formatNepali.
Let's also wait for others' opinions.