How to use node modules (like MomentJS) in EJS views?

Question

To use MomentJS in views/custom.ejs, what is the correct way (if any)?

1. Server side

   routes/index etc we can easily use require(\'moment\');

Answer 1

I use moment on the server side with ejs. I wrote an ejs filter function that will return fromNow.

npm install moment

./views/page.ejs

<%=: item.created_at | fromNow %>

./routes/page.js

var ejs = require('ejs')
  , moment = require('moment');

ejs.filters.fromNow = function(date){
  return moment(date).fromNow()
}