Vega Time Utilities

vega-time is a JavaScript utility package providing a suite of date and time manipulation functions specifically designed for use within the Vega visualization ecosystem. It offers functionalities for parsing, formatting, flooring, and ceiling time values, crucial for handling temporal data in data visualizations. As part of the larger Vega monorepo, its development is closely aligned with Vega's evolution, ensuring seamless integration. The current stable version of the Vega monorepo is v6.2.0, with vega-time benefiting from this active development cycle which includes regular minor and patch releases. A significant change in the v6 series is the transition to an ESM-only distribution, impacting how the library is imported and used in modern JavaScript environments. This package differentiates itself by offering robust, performant time utilities tailored for data visualization contexts, handling various time units and interval operations that are common in charting and graphing.