Moment Replacement for Date Pipe

moment-pipe.ts

import {Pipe, PipeTransform} from 'angular2/core';
import {isBlank, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
import {StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
import * as moment from 'moment';

@Pipe({name: 'moment'})
export class MomentPipe implements PipeTransform {
    static _ALIASES: {[key: string]: String} = {
    'medium': 'MMM D YYYY, h:mm:ss A',
    'short': 'M/D/YY, h:mm:ss A',
    'fullDate': 'dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss A',
    'longDate': 'MMMM Do, YYYY',
    'mediumDate': 'MMM D, YYYY',
    'shortDate': 'M/D/YY',
    'mediumTime': 'HH:mm:ss A',
    'shortTime': 'HH:mm A'
  };
    transform(value: string, args: any[]): any {
        if (isBlank(value)) return null;
        var pattern: string = isPresent(args[0]) && args[0].length > 0 ? args[0] : 'medium';
        pattern = <string>StringMapWrapper.get(MomentPipe._ALIASES, pattern);
        let temp = moment(new Date(value));
        return moment(temp).format(pattern);
  }
}