sparkar-dateformat

Patch script for date formatting for Spark AR Studio.

Install

Click here to download the zip file, extract it and import dateformat.js as an asset for your Spark AR project.

Usage

Below are the patch inputs/outputs you have to define for the script.

From Script

date

• Description: Formatted date you receive from the script.
• Type: Text

To Script

format

• Description: Set in which format pattern the date text will be generated.
• Type: Text
• Optional: true
• Default: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss'

Patterns

Input	Example	Description
YYYY	2021	4 digit year.
YY	21	2 digit year.
MM	02	Month number from 01 to 12 (with leading zero).
M	2	Month number from 1 to 12.
DD	09	Day of month from 01 to 31 (with leading zero).
D	9	Day of month from 1 to 31.
HH	06	Hours (24 hour time) from 00 to 23 (with leading zero).
H	6	Hours (24 hour time) from 0 to 23.
hh	03	Hours (12 hour time) from 01 to 12 (with leading zero).
h	3	Hours (12 hour time) from 1 to 12.
mm	04	Minutes from 00 to 59 (with leading zero).
m	4	Minutes from 0 to 59.
ss	07	Seconds from 00 to 59 (with leading zero).
s	7	Seconds from 0 to 59.
A	PM	Post or ante meridiem in uppercase.
a	am	Post or ante meridiem in lowercase.

refreshInterval

• Description: Interval in seconds in which the date text will be refreshed.
• Type: Number
• Optional: true
• Default: 1

debug

• Description: Display debug messages on console.
• Type: Boolean
• Optional: true
• Default: false

Credits

• Josh Beckwith for making spark-localtime, which inspired me to create this script. I originally planned to contribute to his repo, but since his script relied on the toLocaleDateString method and it doesn't seen to work on Spark AR Studio anymore, I just made my own script from scratch;
• Taynara Lima for creating Instagram filters, which made me see the limitations of Spark AR Studio in relation to date formats and inspired me to help her.