#DateFormat

#Import

import { DateFormat } from '@dnb/eufemia'

#Description

A ready to use DNB date formatter. Use it wherever you want to format dates.

Good reasons to use this component:

• Makes the date formatting uniform for all DNB applications.
• Makes dates accessible to screen readers.

#Under the hood

The component uses Intl.DateTimeFormat browser API and Date.toLocaleDateString as a fallback, to format dates based on locale.

See Intl.DateTimeFormat locale documentation for accepted string formats.

The time element is used to ensure that the date is readable for screen readers.

#Supported date value formats

The following formats are supported as date values for conversion:

• yyyy-MM-dd
• dd.MM.yyyy
• dd/MM/yyyy
• Date object