MomentJS provides formats to display date in different ways. There are methods available which tells the time from a given moment, from the current moment, difference between two moments etc. It can display date in JSON format, Array, Object, String etc.
Methods to Format Date and Time
The following table shows a list of methods available which helps in the displaying/formatting of the date as required.
| Method | Syntax |
|---|---|
| Format | moment().format();moment().format(String); |
| Time from now | moment().fromNow();moment().fromNow(Boolean); |
| Time from X | moment().from (Moment|String|Number|Date|Array); |
| Time to now | moment().toNow();moment().toNow(Boolean); |
| Time to X | moment().to(Moment|String| Number|Date|Array);moment().to(Moment|String| Number|Date|Array, Boolean); |
| Calendar Time | moment().calendar();moment().calendar(referenceTime);moment().calendar(referenceTime, formats); |
| Difference | moment().diff(Moment|String| Number|Date|Array);moment().diff(Moment|String| Number|Date|Array, String);moment().diff(Moment|String| Number|Date|Array, String, Boolean); |
| Unix Timestamp(milliseconds) | moment().valueOf();+moment(); |
| Unix Timestamp(seconds) | moment().unix(); |
| Days in Month | moment().daysInMonth(); |
| As JavaScript Date | moment().toDate(); |
| As Array | moment().toArray(); |
| As JSON | moment().toJSON(); |
| As ISO 8601 String | moment().toISOString();moment().toISOString(keepOffset); |
| As Object | moment().toObject(); |
| As String | moment().toString(); |
| Inspect | moment().inspect(); |
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