Function createDate

src/cleaners/date-published.js:28–45

(dateString, timezone, format)

}

export function createDate(dateString, timezone, format) {
  if (TIME_WITH_OFFSET_RE.test(dateString)) {
    return moment(new Date(dateString));
  }

  if (TIME_AGO_STRING.test(dateString)) {
    const fragments = TIME_AGO_STRING.exec(dateString);
    return moment().subtract(fragments[1], fragments[2]);
  }

  if (TIME_NOW_STRING.test(dateString)) {
    return moment();
  }

  return timezone
    ? moment.tz(dateString, format || parseFormat(dateString), timezone)
    : moment(dateString, format || parseFormat(dateString));
}

// Take a date published string, and hopefully return a date out of
// it. Return none if we fail.