intervalXorUtc

Signature

intervalXorUtc(aStart: string, aEnd: string, bStart: string, bEnd: string): { start: string; end: string; }[]

Return the symmetric difference of two UTC intervals — time covered by exactly one interval.

• Half-open: an interval holds every t with start <= t < end. The result is every maximal run covered by exactly one of the two intervals, sorted by start — the same set as CORE-6’s mergeIntervals([...subtractIntervals(a, [b]), ...subtractIntervals(b, [a])]).
• Pieces end exactly where the other interval starts; no piece is stepped by one nanosecond.
• Touching intervals (aEnd === bStart) share nothing, so they return one combined run.
• Returns [] when the intervals are identical. An empty interval contributes nothing.
• Returns [] if either interval is invalid (start > end).
• Returns [] on invalid input (wrong type, malformed strings, leap seconds).

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
aStart	string	ISO 8601 UTC datetime string for the first interval start
aEnd	string	ISO 8601 UTC datetime string for the first interval end
bStart	string	ISO 8601 UTC datetime string for the second interval start
bEnd	string	ISO 8601 UTC datetime string for the second interval end

Returns

array of { start, end } records representing the symmetric difference, or [] on invalid input

Members of each item

Member	Type	Description
start	string	The instant the interval begins at, as an ISO 8601 UTC string ending in Z.
end	string	The first instant after the interval, in the same format as start. It is exclusive: the interval holds everything from start up to but not including this value. It is always later than start.

Examples

import { intervalXorUtc } from "@northguild/gmt/utc/interval";

intervalXorUtc("2024-01-01T09:00:00Z", "2024-01-01T13:00:00Z", "2024-01-01T12:00:00Z", "2024-01-01T17:00:00Z") // [{ start: "2024-01-01T09:00:00Z", end: "2024-01-01T12:00:00Z" }, { start: "2024-01-01T13:00:00Z", end: "2024-01-01T17:00:00Z" }]

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output

 

Source

utc/interval/intervalXorUtc.ts