import "reflect-metadata";
/**
 * @summary Reverses the process from {@link formatDate}
 *
 * @param {string} date the date string to be converted back into date
 * @param {string} format the date format
 * @return {Date} the date from the format or the standard new Date({@prop date}) if the string couldn't be parsed (are you sure the format matches the string?)
 *
 * @function dateFromFormat
 * @memberOf module:decorator-validation
 * @category Model
 */
export declare function dateFromFormat(date: string, format: string): Date;
/**
 * @description Binds a specific date format to a Date object's toString and toISOString methods
 * @summary Modifies a Date object to return a formatted string when toString or toISOString is called.
 * This function overrides the default toString and toISOString methods of the Date object to return
 * the date formatted according to the specified format string.
 * @param {Date} [date] The Date object to modify
 * @param {string} [format] The format string to use for formatting the date
 * @return {Date|undefined} The modified Date object or undefined if no date was provided
 * @function bindDateToString
 * @memberOf module:decorator-validation
 * @category Model
 */
export declare function bindDateToString(date: Date | undefined, format: string): Date | undefined;
/**
 * @description Safely checks if a value is a valid Date object
 * @summary A utility function that determines if a value is a valid Date object.
 * This function is more reliable than using instanceof Date as it also checks
 * that the date is not NaN, which can happen with invalid date strings.
 * @param {any} date The value to check
 * @return {boolean} True if the value is a valid Date object, false otherwise
 * @function isValidDate
 * @memberOf module:decorator-validation
 * @category Validation
 */
export declare function isValidDate(date: any): boolean;
/**
 * @summary Util function to pad numbers
 * @param {number} num
 *
 * @return {string}
 *
 * @function twoDigitPad
 * @memberOf module:decorator-validation
 * @category Model
 */
export declare function twoDigitPad(num: number): string;
/**
 * @summary Date Format Handling
 * @description Code from {@link https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3552461/how-to-format-a-javascript-date}
 *
 * <pre>
 *      Using similar formatting as Moment.js, Class DateTimeFormatter (Java), and Class SimpleDateFormat (Java),
 *      I implemented a comprehensive solution formatDate(date, patternStr) where the code is easy to read and modify.
 *      You can display date, time, AM/PM, etc.
 *
 *      Date and Time Patterns
 *      yy = 2-digit year; yyyy = full year
 *      M = digit month; MM = 2-digit month; MMM = short month name; MMMM = full month name
 *      EEEE = full weekday name; EEE = short weekday name
 *      d = digit day; dd = 2-digit day
 *      h = hours am/pm; hh = 2-digit hours am/pm; H = hours; HH = 2-digit hours
 *      m = minutes; mm = 2-digit minutes; aaa = AM/PM
 *      s = seconds; ss = 2-digit seconds
 *      S = miliseconds
 * </pre>
 *
 * @param {Date} date
 * @param {string} [patternStr] defaults to 'yyyy/MM/dd'
 * @return {string} the formatted date
 *
 * @function formatDate
 * @memberOf module:decorator-validation
 * @category Model
 */
export declare function formatDate(date: Date, patternStr?: string): string;
/**
 * @summary Parses a date from a specified format
 * @param {string} format
 * @param {string | Date | number} [v]
 * @memberOf module:decorator-validation
 * @category Model
 */
export declare function parseDate(format: string, v?: string | Date | number): Date | undefined;