The Examples

elm-time Examples

This page covers knowledge conveyed in these two examples and how to set up your system to build and run them.

Feature Highlights

For elm-time

• How to use Elm flags to retrieve an initial time from Javacript.
• The differences working with utc-only and time zones.

Installation

Prerequisites

Name	Version	Installation
elm	>= 0.18.0	Install
node	v8.9.3	node dist
npm	5.5.1	Included as part of node install above
elm-live	>= v2.7.5	npm install -g elm-live

Install and Run

1. cd into your Elm projects' folder
2. Perform the following commands:

   git clone git@github.com:elm-community/elm-time.git
   cd elm-time
   elm-make --warn
   cd examples/with-timezone   # or examples/without-timezone

3. For elm18 installations:

   elm-live --output=index.js Main.elm --open --warn

4. For elm19 installations:

   elm-live Main.elm --open -- --output=index.js

5. Browse http://localhost:8000 and observe the following browser screen for with-timezone example:
   
   Change to a different timezone in the dropdown and observe how the ISO8601 rendering changes.
6. Browse http://localhost:8000 and observe the following browser screen for without-timezone example: