DateDiff plugin for Flow Launcher for Windows

This plugin allows you to compute the difference in days, months or years between two dates with Flow Launcher for Windows.

Usage

This plugin takes the following form of input:

dd <fromDate?> <toDate> <unit?>

Where:

• dd is the default keyword of this plugin for Flow Launcher (can be changed in the settings)
• <fromDate> is the date to start from (optional, default to today)
• <toDate> is the date to end at
• <unit> is the unit of time to compute the difference in (optional) (see Units below)

Date formats

This plugin supports several types of date formats:

Format	Description	Examples
today	The current date	today
A weekday name	A day of the current week. Names depend on your computer's locale. Case insensitive.	monday tues Sund
An ISO 8601 date	Format YYYY-MM-DD. Month and day are optional and default to 01.	2022-04-16 2022-04 2022
D/M/Y or M/D/Y	The order of month and day depends on your computer's locale, both won't work at the same time and won't conflict. Separators can be / or - The month and year are optional and default to the current ones. Years 0 to 99 will be set in 2000's.	16/04/2022 (fr-FR) 04/16/2022 (en-US) 16-4 16

Units

The last parameter is an optional unit of time to compute the difference in.

Unit	Description
d	Number of full days
m	Number of months, possibly decimal
y	Number of years, possibly decimal
default	Number of full years + full months + full days

Installation

1. Install Node.js

This plugin is written in JavaScript, so you need to install Node.js to use it with Flow Launcher.

Just go to https://nodejs.org/ and download the LTS ("Long Term Support") version of Node.js.

2. Install the plugin

You can find this plugin in Flow's Plugin Store (in the app's settings), or by directly running this command in Flow Launcher:

pm install DateDiff

Credits

Icon downloaded from https://freeicons.io/regular-life-icons/calendar-icon-17781