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# Timezone [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/bigeasy/timezone.png?branch=master)](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).