jQuery Date Filter is a tiny library that does one thing; filter content by current date. This is useful for static sites generated by Jekyll where time based content isn’t removed until the site is rebuilt. I use jQuery Date Filter on the homepage of this site to hide past events (upcoming gigs). Now I don’t have to rebuild my site to remove a past event!

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How to use

Add a “data-date-filter” attribute to any element with the value set as a date:

<li data-date-filter= "{{post.date}}" >

The date format expected is a datetime which Jekyll will output by default.

Then call the library like so:

$ ( 'li' ). dateFilter ();

If an item’s date is in the past then this item will be removed from the DOM. By default a buffer of 1 day is removed from the cutoff date, so an event starting at 0:00 today wont be removed until 0:00 tomorrow.

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