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+# dateformat
+
+A node.js package for Steven Levithan's excellent [dateFormat()][dateformat] function.
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/felixge/node-dateformat.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/felixge/node-dateformat)
+
+## Modifications
+
+* Removed the `Date.prototype.format` method. Sorry folks, but extending native prototypes is for suckers.
+* Added a `module.exports = dateFormat;` statement at the bottom
+* Added the placeholder `N` to get the ISO 8601 numeric representation of the day of the week
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+$ npm install dateformat
+$ dateformat --help
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+As taken from Steven's post, modified to match the Modifications listed above:
+```js
+ var dateFormat = require('dateformat');
+ var now = new Date();
+
+ // Basic usage
+ dateFormat(now, "dddd, mmmm dS, yyyy, h:MM:ss TT");
+ // Saturday, June 9th, 2007, 5:46:21 PM
+
+ // You can use one of several named masks
+ dateFormat(now, "isoDateTime");
+ // 2007-06-09T17:46:21
+
+ // ...Or add your own
+ dateFormat.masks.hammerTime = 'HH:MM! "Can\'t touch this!"';
+ dateFormat(now, "hammerTime");
+ // 17:46! Can't touch this!
+
+ // When using the standalone dateFormat function,
+ // you can also provide the date as a string
+ dateFormat("Jun 9 2007", "fullDate");
+ // Saturday, June 9, 2007
+
+ // Note that if you don't include the mask argument,
+ // dateFormat.masks.default is used
+ dateFormat(now);
+ // Sat Jun 09 2007 17:46:21
+
+ // And if you don't include the date argument,
+ // the current date and time is used
+ dateFormat();
+ // Sat Jun 09 2007 17:46:22
+
+ // You can also skip the date argument (as long as your mask doesn't
+ // contain any numbers), in which case the current date/time is used
+ dateFormat("longTime");
+ // 5:46:22 PM EST
+
+ // And finally, you can convert local time to UTC time. Simply pass in
+ // true as an additional argument (no argument skipping allowed in this case):
+ dateFormat(now, "longTime", true);
+ // 10:46:21 PM UTC
+
+ // ...Or add the prefix "UTC:" or "GMT:" to your mask.
+ dateFormat(now, "UTC:h:MM:ss TT Z");
+ // 10:46:21 PM UTC
+
+ // You can also get the ISO 8601 week of the year:
+ dateFormat(now, "W");
+ // 42
+
+ // and also get the ISO 8601 numeric representation of the day of the week:
+ dateFormat(now,"N");
+ // 6
+```
+## License
+
+(c) 2007-2009 Steven Levithan [stevenlevithan.com][stevenlevithan], MIT license.
+
+[dateformat]: http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/date-time-format
+[stevenlevithan]: http://stevenlevithan.com/