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Convert PHP date string to Moment.js format
function phpToMoment(str) {
let replacements = {
'd' : 'DD',
'D' : 'ddd',
'j' : 'D',
'l' : 'dddd',
'N' : 'E',
'S' : 'o',
'w' : 'e',
'z' : 'DDD',
'W' : 'W',
'F' : 'MMMM',
'm' : 'MM',
'M' : 'MMM',
'n' : 'M',
't' : '', // no equivalent
'L' : '', // no equivalent
'o' : 'YYYY',
'Y' : 'YYYY',
'y' : 'YY',
'a' : 'a',
'A' : 'A',
'B' : '', // no equivalent
'g' : 'h',
'G' : 'H',
'h' : 'hh',
'H' : 'HH',
'i' : 'mm',
's' : 'ss',
'u' : 'SSS',
'e' : 'zz', // deprecated since Moment.js 1.6.0
'I' : '', // no equivalent
'O' : '', // no equivalent
'P' : '', // no equivalent
'T' : '', // no equivalent
'Z' : '', // no equivalent
'c' : '', // no equivalent
'r' : '', // no equivalent
'U' : 'X'
};
return str.split('').map(chr => chr in replacements ? replacements[chr] : chr).join('');
}
// Example
let formattedDate = moment().format(phpToMoment('D, Y-m-d H:i:s'));
console.log(formattedDate);
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Thank God for you, this just saved me half an hour.

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