How to get moment.js separator according to different locale?

Question

The separator between month and day is different for different locale, how can I get it?

I want to display:

"MM/DD HH:mm" for English,

"MM-DD HH:mm" for Chinese,

"MM.DD HH:mm" for German.

How can I handle it with moment.js ?

Note: I could have lots of languages, I don't want to use if the check which language is currently used, and the format must be like what I have listed above.

You should have a look at this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25725882/locale-detection-with-moment-js — thedeliciousmuffin, Dec 26 '16 at 03:40
@thedeliciousmuffin Thanks for you answer,maybe i didn't make it clear. Please see the updated question. — huan feng, Dec 26 '16 at 04:45
Are you asking for *just* the date-part separator, like `/`, `-`, or `.` characters? — Matt Johnson-Pint, Dec 26 '16 at 04:55
Yes, because format('L') will give me the part i don't want, like year. — huan feng, Dec 26 '16 at 04:57
@huanfeng Yes, but you can pick it apart easily enough. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27360102/locale-and-specific-date-format-with-moment-js. — , Dec 26 '16 at 05:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 03 '18 at 06:58

The solution is straight forward. There are only three possible separators /, - and ..

Simply by checking, step by step, the string containing:

let LocalDate      = moment().format('l'),
    LocalSeparator = (LocalDate.indexOf('/') > -1 ? "/" : (LocalDate.indexOf('-') > -1 ? '-' : '.'));

Now you can build your own date/time, using proper separator based on locale:

moment().format('YYYY[' + LocalSeparator + ']MM');

How to get moment.js separator according to different locale?

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