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c.gooderham94
c.gooderham94

Reputation: 107

Using 'moment.js' to add custom date stamp to node.js

How to use moment.js correctly? I want to save a created date to mongoDB using a form? I am currently using:

var blogSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
    title: String,
    image: String,
    body: String,
    created: {type: Date, default: Date.now}
});

When displaying the date on the blog post, I then use the following to convert it to a more readable format:

<span class="inline-block"><%= blog.created.toDateString() %></span>

How to display the current date as "DD-MM-YYYY @ mm:hh" when submitting the post?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1387

Answers (3)

c.gooderham94
c.gooderham94

Reputation: 107

I don't think I was very clear when explaining what I was trying to do. I wanted to use moment to convert a date in a .ejs template. The solution was to use:

app.locals.moment = require("moment");

in the app.js file and then use:

<span><%= moment(blog.created).fromNow() %></span>

Which gave the following rendered result:

enter image description here

Upvotes: 0

yBrodsky
yBrodsky

Reputation: 5041

You have two options.

Get access to momentjs from your ejs file and then simply do:

<%= moment(yourDateVariable).format('DD-MM-YYYY') %>

Give format to the date before passing the data to your ejs.

yourDateVariable = moment(yourDateVariable).format('DD-MM-YYYY');
return res.render('yourView', {yourDateVariable});

Upvotes: 0

Kent V
Kent V

Reputation: 563

Assuming that the date value you get from mongodb is a timestamp value:

Then you can use moment.js like this: 

var timeValueFromMongoDB = 1515089852632;
var result = moment(timeValueFromMongoDB).format('DD-MM-YYYY @ mm:hh');

// Use this output to display wherever you want
04-01-2018 @ 17:01

Jsfiddle example http://jsfiddle.net/rLjQx/5208/

Upvotes: 2

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