From 041d3ea847aae239866e0fc894bc5a92b929e397 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maryia-deriv <maryia@binary.com>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 10:24:50 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: do not ignore locales when switching between languages

---
 packages/shared/src/utils/date/date-time.ts | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/shared/src/utils/date/date-time.ts b/packages/shared/src/utils/date/date-time.ts
index b57e66272801..1aa6d0644297 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/utils/date/date-time.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/utils/date/date-time.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ type TExtendedMoment = typeof moment & {
 
 // Localize moment instance with specific object
 export const initMoment = (lang: string) => {
-    const ignored_language = ['EN', 'AR', 'BN', 'SI'];
-    if (!lang || ignored_language.includes(lang)) return moment;
-    return import(`moment/locale/${lang.toLowerCase().replace('_', '-')}`)
-        .then(() => moment.locale(lang.toLocaleLowerCase().replace('_', '-')))
-        .catch(() => moment);
+    const hasEnMomentLocale = ['EN', 'AR', 'BN', 'SI']; // 'AR', 'BN' & 'SI' langs have non-numeric dates ('২০২৪-০৫-০৭'), our current usage of moment requires us to make all dates numeric
+    if (!lang) return moment;
+    let locale = lang.toLowerCase().replace('_', '-');
+    if (hasEnMomentLocale.includes(lang)) locale = 'en-gb';
+    return import(`moment/locale/${locale}`).then(() => moment.locale(locale)).catch(() => moment);
 };
 
 /**