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

I found another way of doing this, and I think it has some advantages.

Don't polute your code exporting filters.
Access any method without the need to export them all.
Better ejs usage (no | pipes).

On your controller, or view.js do this:

var moment = require('moment');
exports.index = function(req, res) {
    // send moment to your ejs
    res.render('index', { moment: moment });
}

Now you can use moment inside your ejs:

<html>
    <h1><%= moment().fromNow() %></h1>
</html>

I'm not an Node expert, so if anyone see something bad on doing this, let me know! :)

One more option:

This way you are setting the moment variable to a local available to all scripts in any EJS page on your site.

In your "index.js" (or "app.js") file do this: (after you have set up your 'app' with Express)

var moment = require('moment');
var shortDateFormat = "ddd @ h:mmA"; // this is just an example of storing a date format once so you can change it in one place and have it propagate
app.locals.moment = moment; // this makes moment available as a variable in every EJS page
app.locals.shortDateFormat = shortDateFormat;

Then in your EJS file you can refer to moment (and shortDateFormat) as variables like this:

<%= moment(Date()).format(shortDateFormat) %>

Perhaps this is slightly more elegant?

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

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