# Accessing moment.js in a function node (v1.1.0)
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-moment-js-in-a-function-node-v1-1-0/29500
**Category:** General
**Created:** [4 July 2020 13:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-moment-js-in-a-function-node-v1-1-0/29500 "2020-07-04T13:58:26Z")
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### Author:  [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)
#### Post date: [4 July 2020 13:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-moment-js-in-a-function-node-v1-1-0/29500/1 "2020-07-04T13:58:26Z")
Adding `$moment("2020-07-01T13:00:52.345Z").format('LLLL')` as a jsonata expression in a change node, gives you `Wednesday, July 1, 2020 1:00 PM` - very nice.
But including `msg.payload = moment("2020-07-01T13:00:52.345Z").format('LLLL');` in a function node, gives you `"ReferenceError: moment is not defined (line 1, col 1)"` which seems a bit inconsistent.
How do you access `moment` in a function node?
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [4 July 2020 14:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-moment-js-in-a-function-node-v1-1-0/29500/2 "2020-07-04T14:21:09Z")
You can't access moment in the function node.
As mentioned in the beta forum posts and the release blog post. It's something to consider for the future.
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### Author:  [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)
#### Post date: [4 July 2020 18:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-moment-js-in-a-function-node-v1-1-0/29500/3 "2020-07-04T18:39:02Z")
> [@knolleary](#):
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> You can't access moment in the function node
Sorry, don't know how I missed that in the blog post, I guess at the time of reading I didn't think I'd need moment.js, and skipped over it.
It would be good to have access to `moment` in the function node, as it's very limiting being restricted to change nodes (especially if we are not familiar with the dark arts (jsonata)).
However, one step at a time and hopefully it may be added in the future.
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### Author:  [@ristomatti](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ristomatti)
#### Post date: [4 July 2020 19:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-moment-js-in-a-function-node-v1-1-0/29500/4 "2020-07-04T19:18:18Z")
Agree but meanwhile just use `settings.js` and include it in the global context. Personally I would also like to have `lodash` out of the box but it's a slippery slope I guess...
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### Author:  [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)
#### Post date: [2 September 2020 19:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-moment-js-in-a-function-node-v1-1-0/29500/5 "2020-09-02T19:18:23Z")
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