# Telegram-Date Picker
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-date-picker/94194
**Category:** General
**Tags:** telegram
**Created:** [27 December 2024 07:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-date-picker/94194 "2024-12-27T07:27:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)
#### Post date: [27 December 2024 07:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-date-picker/94194/1 "2024-12-27T07:27:24Z")
I am revisiting this requirement.
I want the user interacting through telegram to give me a valid-date (to generate a daily report for the given date). So i am trying to invoke a datepicker in telegram keyboard. anyone have any hint?
I checked here, but was unable to get it converted to my requirement.
> [@Telegram Bot to ask for a date](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-bot-to-ask-for-a-date/79291/2):
>
> [demo1] something like this.
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [27 December 2024 07:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-date-picker/94194/2 "2024-12-27T07:40:43Z")
Plenty of clues in here I imagine: [https://flows.nodered.org/flow/328768dd440515c3b039d289313f95bc#:~:text=picker%20via%20Telegram.-,Overview,date%20manipulations%20throughout%20the%20flow](https://flows.nodered.org/flow/328768dd440515c3b039d289313f95bc#:~:text=picker%20via%20Telegram.-,Overview,date%20manipulations%20throughout%20the%20flow).
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### Author:  [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)
#### Post date: [27 December 2024 08:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-date-picker/94194/3 "2024-12-27T08:46:19Z")
Thanks for the direction. not sure why this didn't come in my search.
I tried all the steps given in the post, but unable to get it going.
i am getting a message :
```auto
27/12/2024, 14:13:53node: Initial Show Calendar
function : (error)
"TypeError: moment is not a function"
```
I have updated the correct settings.file (the same file which shows up in the startup log)
I think i have installed moment in the correct user folder, from where i am runnnig this instance of node-red. (how do i check if this is successful ?)
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [27 December 2024 09:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-date-picker/94194/4 "2024-12-27T09:27:44Z")
Did you install moment and add the requires to your settings.js
As shown in the flows setup instructions. steps 1-3 [here](https://flows.nodered.org/flow/328768dd440515c3b039d289313f95bc#:~:text=picker%20via%20Telegram.-,Overview,date%20manipulations%20throughout%20the%20flow)
Or delete all references to
```auto
const moment = global.get('moment');
```
From any of the functions and add moment to the setup tab.
Making sure functionExternalModules is set to true in the settings.js [Writing Functions : Node-RED](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/writing-functions#using-the-functionexternalmodules-option)
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### Author:  [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)
#### Post date: [27 December 2024 09:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-date-picker/94194/5 "2024-12-27T09:35:37Z")
> [@E1cid](#):
>
> delete all references to
>
> ```auto
> const moment = global.get('moment');
>
> ```
and
adding moment in the setup tab worked...
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### Author:  [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)
#### Post date: [27 December 2024 10:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-date-picker/94194/6 "2024-12-27T10:40:58Z")
Happy Cake Day @E1cid
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [10 January 2025 10:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-date-picker/94194/7 "2025-01-10T10:41:22Z")
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