https://github.com/captaincluster/timestamp-microservice

The first project for the "Back End Development and APIs" course provided by FreeCodeCamp.
https://github.com/captaincluster/timestamp-microservice

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The first project for the "Back End Development and APIs" course provided by FreeCodeCamp.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/captaincluster/timestamp-microservice
• Owner: CaptainCluster
• Archived: true
• Created: 2024-05-05T14:33:52.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-05T15:06:23.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-20T12:47:03.801Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: backend, expressjs, freecodecamp, freecodecamp-project, microservice
• Language: JavaScript
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• Size: 11.7 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Timestamp Microservice

![Express.js](https://img.shields.io/badge/express.js-%23404d59.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=express&logoColor=%2361DAFB)

Timestamp Microservice is a simple **ExpressJS** project for the FreeCodeCamp course **Back End Development and APIs**. The user gives a date as a parameter in a request and receives a JSON file with the date in **unix** and **utc** formats. 

🙏 Credits

---

![FreeCodeCamp](https://img.shields.io/badge/Freecodecamp-%23123.svg?&style=for-the-badge&logo=freecodecamp&logoColor=green)

Everything not written by me has been cloned from [this GitHub repository](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/boilerplate-project-timestamp/).

Here is the solution I wrote for this project:

```

app.get("/api/:date", function(req, res)

{

  let date = req.params.date;

  //Unix type can be recognized as' a number

  if(!isNaN(Number(date)))

  {

    return res.json({

      unix: Number(date),

      utc: new Date(Number(date)).toUTCString()

    });

  }

  // If the date is not in numeric form, it is expected to be of

  // type string. Checking whether it is valid or not...

  if(new Date(date).toUTCString() == "Invalid Date")

  {

    return res.json({

      error: "Invalid Date"

    });

  }

  // A valid string date will be handled now, as an invalid one

  // would have triggered a return command.

  return res.json({

    unix: new Date(date).getTime(),

    utc: new Date(date).toUTCString()

  });

});

```