# Timezone [](http://travis-ci.org/bigeasy/timezone) Format time in JavaScript using the IANA time zone database. (Photo: Sundial by [Wolfgang Staudt](http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfgangstaudt/).) ```javascript var tz = require('timezone/loaded'), equal = require('assert').equal, utc; // Get POSIX time in UTC. utc = tz('2012-01-01'); // Convert UTC time to local time in a localize language. equal(tz(utc, '%c', 'fr_FR', 'America/Montreal'), 'sam. 31 déc. 2011 19:00:00 EST'); ``` A full-featured time zone aware date formatter for JavaScript. * **Timezone** is a MicroJS library in pure JavaScript with no dependencies that provides timezone aware date math and date formatting. * **Timezone** uses the IANA Database to determine the correct wall clock time anywhere in the world for any time since the dawn of standardized time. * **Timezone** formats dates with a full implementation of `strftime` formats, including the GNU `date` extensions. * **Timezone** represents time in POSIX time and local time using RFC 3999 date strings. * **Timezone** is a full featured standards based time library in pure JavaScript for under 3K minified and gzipped. ## Hacking ```console $ git clone --quiet https://github.com/bigeasy/timezone.git $ cd timezone && make && npm install && npm test ``` ## License The [MIT License](https://raw.github.com/bigeasy/timezone/master/LICENSE).