sandbox-chrono

name	sandbox-chrono
description	Parse English dates such as next Tuesday in a Code node or CodeAct action, with chrono-node running on the host

Natural-language dates in the sandbox

Specifier: @nodetool-ai/sandbox-chrono. Import it at the top of the body.

chrono-node does not compile into QuickJS, so this pack is a host module. You pass text; you get ISO strings back.

parseDate — first match

import { parseDate } from "@nodetool-ai/sandbox-chrono";

const iso = await parseDate(inputs.text, inputs.now);
return { iso };

inputs.now is an optional reference timestamp (ISO string or epoch ms).

parse — every match

import { parse } from "@nodetool-ai/sandbox-chrono";

const hits = await parse(inputs.text, inputs.now);
return { hits };

Each hit is { text, start, end } with ISO strings (end may be null).

Gotchas

• Async host calls. Always await.
• UTC. The guest still has no time-zone database.
• Pair with @nodetool-ai/sandbox-dates to format the Date you parse.