Date support.

Author: mcollina

README.md

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ Supported types:
  * `object'
  * `null'
 
+And nested ones, too.
+`Date` instances are serialized with `toISOString()`.
+
 ## License
 
 MIT

example.js

@@ -14,12 +14,16 @@ const stringify = fastJson({
     age: {
       description: 'Age in years',
       type: 'integer'
+    },
+    now: {
+      type: 'string'
     }
   }
 })
 
 console.log(stringify({
   firstName: 'Matteo',
   lastName: 'Collina',
-  age: 32
+  age: 32,
+  now: new Date()
 }))

index.js

@@ -57,8 +57,13 @@ function $asNumber (i) {
   }
 }
 
-function $asString (s) {
-  var str = s.toString()
+function $asString (str) {
+  if (str instanceof Date) {
+    str = str.toISOString()
+  } else {
+    str = str.toString()
+  }
+
   var result = ''
   var last = 0
   var l = str.length

test.js

@@ -178,3 +178,20 @@ buildTest({
     name: 'Dave'
   }]
 })
+
+test('render a a date in a string as JSON', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+
+  const schema = {
+    title: 'a date in a string',
+    type: 'string'
+  }
+  const toStringify = new Date()
+
+  const validate = validator(schema)
+  const stringify = build(schema)
+  const output = stringify(toStringify)
+
+  t.equal(output, JSON.stringify(toStringify))
+  t.ok(validate(JSON.parse(output)), 'valid schema')
+})