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intervalXorAllUtc

intervalXorAllUtc(intervals: { start: string; end: string; }[]): { start: string; end: string; }[]
import { intervalXorAllUtc } from "@northguild/gmt/utc/interval";

Return the symmetric difference across a list of UTC intervals — the set of instants covered

  • by an odd number of the input intervals.
  • List-form generalization of intervalXorUtc, which is pairwise only.
  • Implemented as a coverage sweep: each interval contributes a +1 at its start and a -1 one nanosecond after its end; the result is every maximal run where the running coverage count is odd. For two intervals this reduces to exactly intervalXorUtc’s pairwise result.
  • Order of the input list does not matter; the result is sorted by start.
  • Returns [] for an empty list, and [] when every instant is covered an even number of times (e.g. two identical intervals cancel out).
  • Returns [] when intervals is not an array, when any element is not a { start, end } record of valid ISO UTC datetime strings, or when any element has start > end or a leap-second string.
Parameter Type Description
intervals { start: string; end: string; }[] array of { start, end } records

array of { start, end } records covered an odd number of times, or [] on invalid input

intervalXorAllUtc([{ start: "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z", end: "2024-01-10T00:00:00Z" }, { start: "2024-01-05T00:00:00Z", end: "2024-01-15T00:00:00Z" }]) // [{ start: "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z", end: "2024-01-04T23:59:59.999999999Z" }, { start: "2024-01-10T00:00:00.000000001Z", end: "2024-01-15T00:00:00Z" }]
intervalXorAllUtc([]) // []

utc/interval/intervalXorAllUtc.ts