Cannot resolve 'file' or 'directory' ./locale

[ddjxie]

Description of the Issue and Steps to Reproduce:
Node is unable to load moment's locales using Webpack because it cannot find the directory.

Error

WARNING in ./~/moment/min/moment-with-locales.js
Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve 'file' or 'directory' ./locale in [project]/node_modules/moment/min
resolve file
resolve directory
  [project]/node_modules/moment/min/locale doesn't exist
 @ ./~/moment/min/moment-with-locales.js 271:16-43

Two temporary fixes that can resolve the issue locally (choose one)

1. In [project]/node_modules/moment/min/moment-with-locales.js in the function "loadLocale", line 271, change

require('./locale/' + name);

to

require('../locale/' + name);

2. Add a symbolic link to the directory

user@localhost:~/Workspace/[project]/node_modules/moment/min$ ln -s ../locale/

Environment:
Moment 2.18.1
Kubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit
Node.js 4.8.0 Argon LTS
Webpack 1.12.12

[icambron]

Hmm, yeah, that path clearly looks wrong; that tilda shouldn't be there. I don't use Webpack, so I'm not able to help, but in order to assist whoever does, can you share enough setup steps to help clarify whether this is a configuration issue or something wrong in the build?

[marwahaha]

This seems related (but not exactly the same as) #2979

[bjackson]

@ddjxie Did you find a fix for this that didn't require altering the files in node_modules? I'm having this same issue.

[sanjay-k7r]

switching back to moment 2.18.1 also fixes the issue

[Domiii]

@kashalkar's answer is the real solution here. Go back a version and wait for the devs to finally fix this single character typo in the next release :)

[icambron]

This is a bug reported against 2.18.1. 2.19.0 was released two days ago, so you must be experiencing something else.

[tim-white87]

I am getting this with 2.19.0, but not with 2.18.1.

[Domiii]

@icambron I had this on one system with 2.19.0. And like @kashalkar and @cecotw, going back to 2.18.1 fixes it. IIRC I did not have the issue on another system.

[ferencbalogh]

I tried with 2.18.1, 2.19.1, 2.19.2 but

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve './locale' in

[francisrod01]

The same error, I run the version ^2.19.2

[matveyok]

Same here, using 2.18.1 not helped. Any suggestions?

[francisrod01]

Maybe this solution can be help. #2979

[ferencbalogh]

I tryed but no *Balogh Ferenc Levente* *Egyéni Vállalkozó* *+36 30 472 5776* *baloghferenclevente@gmail.com <baloghferenclevente@gmail.com>* *https://www.pcv.hu <https://www.pcv.hu/>* 2017-12-18 16:59 GMT+01:00 Francis Rodrigues <notifications@github.com>:

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Maybe this solution can be help. #2979 <#2979> — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3872 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACkd3eemnv7qW_Ci92J8TJPKOPZVgMkrks5tBovigaJpZM4MsGk1> .

[jamesdh]

This appears to be the same issue as #4216 and can probably be closed in favor of that one (since it has a much more exhaustive history to it)

[HugoPoi]

I'm not sure this is a issue but how moment lib is construct, if you need to import in angular/typescript project you need to it like that
import * as Moment from 'moment';

[Hultner]

Had this problem in react native for web, managed to get around it by importing moment like this.

import moment from 'moment';
import 'moment/min/locales';

Fixed the web pack warnings for me and still works, other solutions didn't work in my case.

[marwahaha]

closing as duplicate of #2979

but as mentioned, #4216 has a lot of other info.

Sorry this is a long-standing issue for some Moment.js users.

There are various solutions depending on your use case throughout these comments.