How to translate date placeholders using moment.js?

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by lew , in category: Javascript , 6 months ago

How to translate date placeholders using moment.js?

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by elise_daugherty , 6 months ago

@lew 

To translate date placeholders using moment.js, you can use the locale feature of moment.js.


Here's an example:

  1. First, make sure you have moment.js included in your project.
  2. Set a locale for moment.js that you want to use. For example, if you want to translate dates to Spanish, you can set the locale to 'es'. You can do this by running the following code:
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moment.locale('es');


  1. Once you have set the locale, you can use moment.js functions to format dates with translated placeholders. For example, to format the current date in a specific format with translated placeholders, you can use the following code:
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let currentDate = moment().format('LLL');
console.log(currentDate);


This will display the current date in a format that uses translated date placeholders based on the locale set.


You can also customize the format of the date using different tokens and translate them using the locale you have set. You can find more information about formatting dates in moment.js in the documentation: https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/


Overall, by setting the locale in moment.js and formatting dates using the appropriate tokens, you can translate date placeholders in your application.