How to set language globally for moment.js

Question

I get for example: 1day ago. What I need is to set for different language, for example for de. Any suggestion how can I do that?

moment(Date.now()).fromNow()

I tried this:

<script>
    var moment = moment();
    moment.locale('de');
</script>

but get an error:

moment is not a function

Answer 1

See official docs on how changing locale globally.

Note that you have to import locale data (e.g. moment-with-locales.min.js)

Here a working example:

moment.locale('de');
console.log(moment(Date.now()).fromNow()); //vor ein paar Sekunden

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.17.1/moment-with-locales.min.js"></script>

You can also use only data for a given locale (e.g. de):

moment.locale('de');
console.log(moment(Date.now()).fromNow()); //vor ein paar Sekunden

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.17.1/moment.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.17.1/locale/de.js"></script>

Moreover you are redefining moment in your code, that is incorrect

var moment = moment();

Answer 2

EDIT: In the current version of moment.js this solution still works but it will output a message to the console that states you should use a new method called updateLocale. So the new solution should look like:

Updated solution

import moment from 'moment';
import localization from 'moment/locale/fr';

moment.updateLocale('fr', localization);

Previous Solution

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.