From 622b4286c6253331aa76e4c81dfd8463c707594a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Angelos Chalaris <chalarangelo@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 12:48:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Merge #113

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 README.md                           | 14 ++++++++++++++
 snippets/convert-to-english-date.md | 10 ++++++++++
 tag_database                        |  1 +
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 snippets/convert-to-english-date.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 55de97ea4..e2bea8313 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 * [Scroll to top](#scroll-to-top)
 
 ### Date
+* [Convert to english date](#convert-to-english-date)
 * [Get days difference between dates](#get-days-difference-between-dates)
 * [JSON to date](#json-to-date)
 
@@ -690,6 +691,19 @@ const scrollToTop = _ => {
 [⬆ back to top](#table-of-contents)
 ## Date
 
+### Convert to English date
+
+Use `Date.toISOString()`, `split('T')` and `replace()` to convert a date from American format to English format.
+Throws an error if the passed time cannot be converted to a date.
+
+```js
+const toEnglishDate  = (time) =>
+  {try{return new Date(time).toISOString().split('T')[0].replace(/-/g, '/')}catch(e){return}};
+// toEnglishDate('09/21/2010') -> '21/09/2010'
+```
+
+[⬆ back to top](#table-of-contents)
+
 ### Get days difference between dates
 
 Calculate the difference (in days) between to `Date` objects.
diff --git a/snippets/convert-to-english-date.md b/snippets/convert-to-english-date.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01a93cdf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/convert-to-english-date.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+### Convert to English date
+
+Use `Date.toISOString()`, `split('T')` and `replace()` to convert a date from American format to English format.
+Throws an error if the passed time cannot be converted to a date.
+
+```js
+const toEnglishDate  = (time) =>
+  {try{return new Date(time).toISOString().split('T')[0].replace(/-/g, '/')}catch(e){return}};
+// toEnglishDate('09/21/2010') -> '21/09/2010'
+```
diff --git a/tag_database b/tag_database
index 4abb2563d..56a50f864 100644
--- a/tag_database
+++ b/tag_database
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ compact:array
 compose-functions:function
 convert-string-from-camelcase:string
 convert-string-to-camelcase:string
+convert-to-english-date:date
 count-occurrences-of-a-value-in-array:array
 current-URL:browser
 curry:function