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# Getting Started
## Table of Contents
- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [Submodules](#submodules)
- [Installation](#installation)
## Introduction
**date-fns** provides the most comprehensive, yet simple and consistent toolset
for manipulating **JavaScript dates** in **a browser** & **Node.js**.
**date-fns** is like [lodash](https://lodash.com) for dates. It has
[**200+ functions** for all occasions](https://date-fns.org/docs/).
```js
import { format, compareAsc } from 'date-fns'
format(new Date(2014, 1, 11), 'MM/dd/yyyy')
//=> '02/11/2014'
const dates = [
new Date(1995, 6, 2),
new Date(1987, 1, 11),
new Date(1989, 6, 10),
]
dates.sort(compareAsc)
//=> [
// Wed Feb 11 1987 00:00:00,
// Mon Jul 10 1989 00:00:00,
// Sun Jul 02 1995 00:00:00
// ]
```
## Submodules
**date-fns** includes some optional features as submodules in the npm package.
Here is the list of them, in order of nesting:
- FP — functional programming-friendly variations of the functions. See [FP Guide](https://date-fns.org/docs/FP-Guide);
- UTC (in development) — variations of the functions which calculate dates in UTC±00:00 timezone.
The later submodules are also included inside the former if you want to use multiple features from the list.
To use submodule features, [install the npm package](#npm) and then import a function from a submodule:
```js
// The main submodule:
import addDays from 'date-fns/addDays'
// FP variation:
import addDays from 'date-fns/fp/addDays'
// UTC variation:
import addDays from 'date-fns/utc/addDays'
// Both FP and UTC:
import addDays from 'date-fns/fp/utc/addDays'
// With tree-shaking enabled:
import { addDays, format } from 'date-fns/fp'
```
## Installation
The library is available as an [npm package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/date-fns).
To install the package, run:
```bash
npm install date-fns --save
# or
yarn add date-fns
```
Start using:
```js
import { formatDistance, subDays } from 'date-fns'
formatDistance(subDays(new Date(), 3), new Date(), { addSuffix: true })
//=> "3 days ago"
```
Mini Shell