DocPad: Localising Dates

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DocPad: Localising Dates

1. Install Moment via npm install --save moment

2. Add it and a template helper to your docpad configuration file

3. Use the template helper in your app

Discussion about localisation within DocPad.

docpad.coffee

# Requires
moment = require('moment').lang('fr')  # set locale to french

# Define Configuration
docpadConfig =
    templateData:
        # Format the passed date, by default format like: Thursday, November 29 2012 3:53 PM
        formatDate: (date,format='LLLL') -> return moment(date).format(format)

# Export Configuration
module.exports = docpadConfig

my-document.html.eco

This document was last modified at: <%= @formatDate(@document.date) %>

moment = require('moment').lang('fr')

doesn't seem to work but :

moment = require('moment')
moment.lang('fr')

works perfectly: http://momentjs.com/docs/#/i18n/loading-into-nodejs/

moment = require('moment').lang('fr')

doesn't seem to work but :

moment = require('moment')
moment.lang('fr')

works perfectly

To works fine is necessary the follow update in docpad.coffe

# Requires
moment = require('moment')
moment.lang('fr')  # set locale to french

I'm getting this when I try it:

error: An error occured:
TypeError: undefined is not a function
    at Object.docpadConfig.templateData.formatDate

on DocPad@6.30.3

in JS

var docpadConfig,moment;
moment = require('moment');
moment.lang('es');

docpadConfig = {
  templateData: {
formatDate: function(date, format) {
  if (format == null) {
format = 'LLLL';
  }
  return moment(date).format(format);
}
  }
};
module.exports = docpadConfig;

You can also use @brockfanning's docpad plugin: https://npmjs.org/package/docpad-plugin-moment