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Hi Im using expressjs for a backend service in which in need to set the locale for momentjs based on the user browser locale. Im looking for any strategies on how to load the moment/locale/{locale-file based} based on expressjs request.acceptsLanguages.
Any help is greatly appreciated
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You can change moment locale globally like that: import moment from 'moment'; import localization from 'moment/locale/fr'; moment. locale('fr', localization); I hope this helps you.
moment. Loading locales in NodeJS is super easy. If there is a locale file in moment/locale/ named after that key, import it first, then call moment. locale to load it. To save the step of loading individual locales (i.e. just load them all), import the moment/min/moment-with-locales module instead.
Since the Moment. js package isn't modularized and, per the threads on Github issues, it won't be done as support is ending and they have termed it a legacy project. This is the primary reason behind those large chunks in the build size.
You can just use a .locale() function after parsing correct language from request (but you have send a language header at least)
const moment = require('moment');
const language = getLanguageFromRequest(req); // or whatever logic you like
moment.locale(language);
but maybe it is better idea to handle it in browser, not in a backend.
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