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Alpha Version Names

Example: Alpha-2023y-91d-840m

The first part of the version name is just a prefix, in this case Alpha-.

The second part is the current year, 2023y- (2023).

The third part is the day of the year, in the example this is 91d-. (April 1st)

The fourth and final part is the number of minutes since midnight (UTC), in the example this is 840m. (2pm)

Example Code

// JavaScript
function generateVersionName(prefix) {
    let now = new Date(); // Current time right now


    let dayOfYear = (function() {
        let start = new Date(now.getFullYear(), 0, 0);
        let diff = now - start;
        let oneDay = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
        return Math.floor(diff / oneDay);
    })();


    let year = now.getUTCFullYear();


    let minutesSinceMidnight = now.getUTCHours() * 60 + now.getUTCMinutes();


    let versionName = `${prefix}-${year}y-${dayOfYear}d-${minutesSinceMidnight}m`


    return versionName;
}


console.log(generateVersionName('Alpha'));