Learn date-fns: A Lightweight JavaScript Date Library
JavaScript
By James Hibbard,
Learn date-fns, a functional date library, and a lightweight alternative to Moment.js. With 130+ functions for all occasions, it's like Lodash for dates.
dates
Build a Countdown Timer in Just 18 Lines of JavaScript
JavaScript
By Yaphi Berhanu, Nilson Jacques,
Yaphi Berhanu creates a JavaScript clock widget to demonstrate how coding your own components (and not using plugins) leads to leaner, more efficient code.
Suggesting Carbon with Composer – Date and Time the Right Way
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
Bruno looks at Carbon, a library extending the basic DateTime PHP class, and implements it in a live project instead of pure string outputs of dates!