Usage: {{date value format="formatString"}}

Description

{{date}} is a formatting helper for outputting dates in various format. You can either pass it a date and a format string to be used to output the date like so:

// outputs something like 'July 11, 2016'
{{date published_at format="MMMM DD, YYYY"}}

Or you can pass it a date and the timeago flag:

// outputs something like '5 mins ago'
{{date published_at timeago="true"}}

If you call {{date}} without a format, it will default to “MMM Do, YYYY”.

If you call {{date}} without telling it which date to display, it will default to one of two things:

1. If there is a published_at property available (i.e. you're inside a post object) it will use that
2. Otherwise, it will default to the current date

date uses moment.js for formatting dates. See their documentation for a full explanation of all the different format strings that can be used.

Example Code

<main role="main">
  {{#foreach posts}}
    <h2><a href="{{url}}">{{title}}</a></h2>

   <p>{{excerpt words="26"}}</p>

    {{!-- Here `published_at` is set, so this will show the article date --}}
    <time datetime="{{date format="YYYY-MM-DD"}}">{{date format="DD MMMM YYYY"}}</time>
  {{/foreach}}
</main>
<footer>
  {{!-- Here there is no `published_at` so this will show the current year --}}
  <p class="small">&copy; {{date format="YYYY"}}</p>
</footer>