Tick Reference — tick 0.5.0-prealpha

This section gives, in alphabetical order, examples of how to use each function in the tick api library.

+ - Sum amounts of time:

(t/+ (t/new-duration 10 :hours)
     (t/new-duration 10 :minutes))

- - Subtract amounts of time:

(t/- (t/new-duration 12 :hours)
     (t/new-duration 10 :hours))

<< - Go back in time a duration:

(t/<< (t/now) (t/new-period 10 :weeks))

>> - Go forward in time a duration:

(t/>> (t/now) (t/new-duration 10 :hours))

< - Before?

(t/< (t/instant "2000-01-01T00:00") (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00"))

> - After?

(t/> (t/instant "2000-01-01T00:00") (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00"))

<= - Before or same time?

(t/<= (t/instant "2000-01-01T00:00") (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00"))

>= - After or same time?

(t/>= (t/instant "2000-01-01T00:00") (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00"))

ago - Give the time a duration ago:

(t/ago (t/new-duration 1 :hours))

am - Create an interval spanning the morning of a given date:

(t/am (t/date "2018-01-01"))

at - Make date-time from a date (given date at "time"):

(-> (t/date "2000-01-01") (t/at "00:00"))

atom - Create an holder for the current time:

(let [clk (t/atom)]
  (t/time @clk))

beginning - Give the beginning of an interval:

(t/beginning (t/today))

between - Give a value for the duration between two instances:

(t/between (t/instant "2000-01-01T00:00") (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00"))

bounds - Give the beginning and end of an interval:

(t/bounds (t/yesterday))

clock - Create a system clock or fixed clock:

(t/clock)

(t/clock (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00"))

coincident? - Are two intervals the same?

(t/coincident? (t/today) (t/today))

complement - Give the inverse of a list of intervals.

(t/complement [(t/instant "2010-01-01T00:00")
	       (t/instant "2010-02-01T00:00")
	       (t/instant "2010-03-01T00:00")])

concur - Get the common interval (if any) of two intervals.

(t/concur (t/today) (t/new-interval (t/yesterday) (t/tomorrow)))

concurrencies - A sequence of times when intervals overlap:

(t/concurrencies (t/pm (t/today)) (t/new-interval (t/today) (t/tomorrow)))

conj - Return new collection with the original collection including a new date:

(t/conj [(t/yesterday) (t/today)] (t/tomorrow))

date - Get the date:

(t/date)

(t/date) (t/tomorrow)

(t/date (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00"))

(t/date "2018-01-01")

date-time - Get the date-time:

(t/date-time)

(t/date-time (t/tomorrow))

(t/date-time (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00"))

(t/date "2018-01-01T00:00")

day-of-month - Get the numerical day of the month:

(t/day-of-month)

(t/day-of-month "2018-01-01")

(t/day-of-month (t/tomorrow))

(t/day-of-month (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00"))

day-of-week - Get the day of the week

(t/day-of-week)

(t/day-of-week (t/yesterday))

(t/day-of-week (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00"))

(t/day-of-week "2018-01-01")

days - Convert a duration into days

(t/days (t/new-duration 24 :hours))

dec - Give the previous year:

(t/dec (t/year))

difference - Return the first collection without the second collection elements.

(t/difference [(t/yesterday) (t/today) (t/tomorrow)] [(t/today)])

divide - Divide a duration by another duration:

(t/divide (t/new-duration 1 :days) (t/new-duration 1 :hours))

divide-by - Split an interval into even sections of time:

(t/divide-by 10 {:tick/beginning (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00")
	         :tick/end (t/instant "2018-01-10T00:00")})

duration - Give the duration of an interval:

(t/duration {:tick/beginning (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00")
	     :tick/end (t/instant "2018-01-10T00:00")})

end - Give the end instance of an interval:

(t/end {:tick/beginning (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00")
	:tick/end (t/instant "2018-01-10T00:00")})

epoch - Give the epoch:

(t/epoch)

extend - Extend an interval by a duration:

(t/extend {:tick/beginning (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00")
           :tick/end (t/instant "2018-01-10T00:00")}
  (t/new-period 10 :weeks))

fields - Get the field for a given time value:

(t/fields (t/time))

group-by - Group a collection of intervals by a given function.

(t/group-by t/year
            (map #(apply t/new-interval %)
                 (t/divide-by (t/new-duration 1 :days)
                              (t/new-interval (t/new-date 2000 12 29)
                                              (t/new-date 2001 1 2)))))

hence - Return an instant 15 minutes from now:

(t/hence (t/new-duration 15 :minutes))

hour - Give the hour of the day:

(t/hour (t/now))

hours - Give a duration in hours:

(t/hours (t/new-duration 2 :days))

in - Give an instance in a time zone:

(t/in (t/instant "2018-01-01T10:00") "Australia/Darwin")

inc - Give the next year:

(t/inc (t/year))

inst - Convert to java.util.Date:

(t/inst)

(t/inst (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00"))

instant - Convert to java.time.Instant:

(t/instant (t/inst))

(t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00:00.000+09:30[Australia/Darwin]")

int - Give the year as an integer:

(t/int (t/year))

intersection - Give the intersection of two sequences:

(t/intersection [(t/year)]
                [(t/date "2019-01-01")
                 (t/date "2020-01-01")
                 (t/date "2021-01-01")])

intersects? - Does an interval intersect with another? Return nil if not, or the intersection if so.

(t/intersects? [(t/year)]
               (t/inc (t/year)))

(t/intersects? [(t/year)]
                (t/today))

long - return an instant as a long:

(t/long (t/instant))

max - Give the last chronological date from multiple unordered dates:

(t/max (t/today) (t/tomorrow) (t/yesterday) (t/new-date 2018 11 11))

micros - Give a duration in microseconds:

(t/micros (t/new-duration 5 :minutes))

microsecond - Give the microsecond of an instant:

(t/microsecond (t/now))

midnight - Time at midnight:

(t/midnight)

midnight? - Is it midnight?

(t/midnight? (t/date-time))

millis - Give a duration in milliseconds:

(t/millis (t/new-duration 5 :minutes))

millisecond - Give the millisecond of an instant.

(t/millisecond (t/now))

min - Give the first chronological date from an unordered list of dates:

(t/min (t/today) (t/tomorrow) (t/yesterday) (t/new-date 2018 11 11))

minutes - Give a duration in minutes:

(t/minutes (t/new-duration 5 :hours))

minute - Give the minute of an instant:

(t/minute (t/now))

month - Get the month:

(t/month)

(t/month "2018-11-11")

months - Get the number of months in a duration:

(t/months (t/new-period 10 :months))

nanos - Get the number of nanoseconds in a duration:

(t/nanos (t/new-duration 5 :minutes))

nanosecond - Get the nanosecond of the time:

(t/nanosecond (t/now))

new-date - Created a new java.time.LocalDate

(t/new-date 2000 01 01)

(t/new-date)

t/new-duration - Create a new duration.

(t/new-duration 10 :minutes)

new-duration units are from nanos to days. For larger units of time, see new-period.

new-interval - Create a new interval: a map with a :tick/beginning and a :tick/end

(t/new-interval (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00") (t/instant "2019-01-01T00:00"))

new-period - Create a new duration:

(t/new-period 10 :weeks)

new period is in units greater than days. For smaller units, see new-duration.

new-time - Create a new java.time.LocalTime

(t/new-time)

(t/new-time 12 00)

noon - Give the time at noon.

(t/noon)

normalize - From a time ordered sequence of disjointed intervals, return a sequence of interval groups:

(count (t/normalize [(t/new-interval (t/instant "2000-01-01T00:00")
	     		             (t/instant "2000-01-02T00:00"))
                     (t/new-interval (t/instant "2000-01-02T00:00")
	      		             (t/instant "2000-02-02T00:00"))
                     (t/new-interval (t/instant "2000-06-01T00:00")
	      		             (t/instant "2000-06-09T00:00"))]))

now - Give now as an instant:

(t/now)

offset-by - Give a java.time.OffsetDateTime of a specified instant with a specified offset:

(t/offset-by (t/now) 1)

offset-date-time - Convert a java.time.Instant to a java.time.OffsetDateTime

(t/offset-date-time (t/zoned-date-time "2000-01-01T00:00:00Z[Australia/Darwin]"))

(t/offset-date-time)

on - Give a LocalDateTime for a given time on a given date:

(t/on (t/new-time 11 00) (t/new-date 2000 01 01))

ordered-disjoint-intervals? - Are the given intervals time-ordered and disjointed?

(t/ordered-disjoint-intervals? [(t/new-interval (t/instant "2000-01-01T00:00")
			       			(t/instant "2000-01-02T00:00"))
				(t/new-interval (t/instant "2000-01-02T00:00")
						(t/instant "2000-02-02T00:00"))])

parse - Give the most applicable instance for the input string:

(t/parse "1pm")

pm - Give an interval covering the afternoon of a given date:

(t/pm (t/today))

range - Give a lazy sequence of times from start to finish.

(t/range (t/date-time "2000-01-01T12:00")
	 (t/date-time "2000-01-01T12:05")
	 (t/new-duration 1 :minutes))

relation - Show the relation of two intervals:

(t/relation {:tick/beginning (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00")
	     :tick/end (t/instant "2019-01-01T00:00")}
            {:tick/beginning (t/instant "2018-06-01T00:00")
	     :tick/end (t/instant "2019-06-01T00:00")})

(t/relation (t/today) (t/yesterday))

see above for more.

reset! - Reset an atom clock with one 5 mins slow.

(let [clk  (t/atom)
      clk2 (t/atom (t/<< (t/clock) (t/new-duration 5 :minutes)))]
     (t/reset! clk clk2))

reset-vals! - Reset an atom clock with one 5 mins slow, and give the value of before and after.

(let [clk  (t/atom)
      clk2 (t/atom (t/<< (t/clock) (t/new-duration 5 :minutes)))]
     (t/reset-vals! clk clk2))

scale - Increase an interval by a given duration:

(t/scale {:tick/beginning (t/instant "2018-01-01T00:00")
	  :tick/end (t/instant "2019-01-01T00:00")}
         (t/new-duration 10 :minutes))

seconds - Give a duration in seconds:

(t/seconds (t/new-duration 5 :minutes))

second - Give the second of time:

(t/second (t/now))

time - Give the time of an instant:

(t/time (t/now))

today - Give todays date:

(t/today)

tomorrow - Give tomorrows date:

(t/tomorrow)

truncate - Lessen precision of an instant:

(t/truncate (t/instant) :days)

union - Join two time-ordered sequences together into one ordered sequence

(t/union [(t/today)] [(t/yesterday) (t/tomorrow)])

unit-map - A map of units of time that tick works with:

(keys t/unit-map)

(:minutes t/unit-map)

unite - Unite concurrent intervals ordered by beginning:

(t/unite [(t/new-interval (t/instant "2000-01-01T00:00")
	 		  (t/instant "2000-01-02T00:00"))
	  (t/new-interval (t/instant "2000-01-01T00:00")
	  		  (t/instant "2000-02-02T00:00"))])

units - Give the appropriate units for a duration:

(t/units (t/new-duration 1000000001 :nanos))

with - Return a date with an altered field:

(t/with (t/today) :day-of-month 1)

with-clock - Get the time from a clock:

(let [clk (t/>> (t/clock) (t/new-duration 5 :minutes))]
  (t/with-clock clk (t/time)))

year - Give the year:

(t/year)

(t/year "2000-01-01")

year-month - Give the year and month:

(t/year-month)

(t/year-month "2000-01-01")

years - Give a duration in years.

(t/years (t/new-period 10 :years))

yesterday - Give yesterdays date:

(t/yesterday)

zone - Give the time zone:

(t/zone)

(t/zone (t/zoned-date-time "2000-01-01T00:00:00Z[Australia/Darwin]"))

zone-offset - Give the java.time.ZoneOffset with a specified offset:

(t/zone-offset 1 30 59)

zoned-date-time - Create a java.time.ZonedDateTime:

(t/zoned-date-time)

(t/zoned-date-time "2000-01-01T00:00:00Z[Australia/Darwin]")

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