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How to change the locale in moment.js

I know this probably looks like a duplicate question but I am unable to change my locale using moment in my React/ES6 setup.

This is what I have been able to gather from the internet but it doesn't work

import moment from 'moment';
import 'moment/min/locales';

moment.locale('en-gb');
moment('31/08/2021').format('YYYY-MM-DD') \\ returns 'Invalid Date'

Where am I going wrong?

Solution

  • This may not be the perfect way to do it but it definitely works.

        locale = 'en-GB';
    value = '07/06/2021';


    moment.locale(locale);
    const localeData = moment.localeData();
    const format = localeData.longDateFormat('L');
    console.log(moment(value, format).format('YYYY-MM-DD')); // '2021-06-07'