Dates localization

uniclue

Would be great!

Csabbencs

This small workaround below will ease the pain for the time being.

In bootstrap.php, look for:
$SetLocale = str_replace('-', '_', CurrentLocale).'.'.$Codeset; setlocale(LC_ALL, $SetLocale);
Change to:
$SetLocale = str_replace('-', '_', CurrentLocale).'.'.$Codeset; if ($CurrentLocale == 'hu') setlocale(LC_ALL, $SetLocale, 'hungarian'); else setlocale(LC_ALL, $SetLocale); //setlocale(LC_ALL, $SetLocale);
In library/core/class.format.php, look for:
return strftime($Format, $Timestamp);
Change to:
return iconv('ISO-8859-2', 'UTF-8', strftime($Format, $Timestamp)); //return strftime($Format, $Timestamp);

Don't forget to change language code, name and code page to your language!

talhaa

The previous solution doesn't work on 2.0.18.1.
return strftime($Format, $Timestamp);
is changed to $Result = strftime($Format, $Timestamp);
or it doesn't exist?
Is it possible to have the month names translated somehow?

Turbolego

How can i change "desember 22" to: "22 desember" ?
All i want is to swap the order of month and day in LastCommentDate.

Thanks in advance.

phreak

changing setlocale variables in bootsstrap.php doesn't take effect.
where do i need to make these changes to change month names?
anyone has some help for me?

RedTwentyFour

speaking of dates, anyone know how i can change like 9:04 to Today 9:04 if it shows up todays time instead of a full date? (wich is given out by Gdn_Format::Date($this->User->DateFirstVisit) in the user profile at example)

Olivier_Chevet

Using setlocale() does not appear a good solution to me. As explained in the documentaiton, this function is process-wide, which means that on multithreaded Apache implementations, calling it may change the locale in other active threads. This can be a problem if your Apache server runs other services than Garden/Vanilla.

I did the following to solve this problem using Vanilla 2.0.18.1. It works by processing in PHP some of the date format placeholders (%a %A %b and %B)

Some of you may find it a bit complex or overkilll, but it works properly in any environment. I am not a Vanilla developer, but of course the following code may be modified and included wherever anyone may need it.

Step 1 : create arrays for month and day names in the standard locale

In Garden/applications/dashboard/locale/en-CA/definitions.php look for :

$Definition['Date.DefaultDateTimeFormat'] = '%B %e, %Y %l:%M%p';

Insert after it

$Definition['Date.WeekdayNames'] = array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday","Saturday");
$Definition['Date.WeekdayShortNames'] = array("Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri","Sat");
$Definition['Date.MonthNames'] = array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
$Definition['Date.MonthShortNames'] = array("jan", "feb", "mar", "apr", "may", "jun", "jul", "aug", "sep", "oct", "nov", "dec");

Step 2 : Modify Date_format to use those arrays

Modify library/core/class.format.php to use those arrays

Look for

if (strpos($Format, '%e') !== false)
$Format = str_replace('%e', ltrim(strftime('%d', $Timestamp), '0'), $Format);

After those lines, insert :

  if (strpos($Format, '%B') !== false)
  { // month names
    $MonthNames =    T('Date.MonthNames');
    $Format = str_replace('%B', $MonthNames[date("n", $Timestamp) - 1], $Format);
  }  
  if (strpos($Format, '%b') !== false)
  { // short month names
    $MonthShortNames =    T('Date.MonthShortNames');
    $Format = str_replace('%b', $MonthShortNames[date("n", $Timestamp) - 1], $Format);
  } 
  if (strpos($Format, '%A') !== false)
  { // long day names             
    $WeekdayNames =    T('Date.WeekdayNames');
    $Format = str_replace('%A', $WeekdayNames[date("w", $Timestamp)], $Format);
  }   
  if (strpos($Format, '%a') !== false)
  { // short day names
    $WeekdayShortName = T('Date.WeekdayShortNames');
    // $Format = str_replace('%a', $JourCourt[date("w", $Timestamp)], $Format);  
    $Format = str_replace('%a', $WeekdayShortName[date("w", $Timestamp)], $Format);
  }

Step 3 : translate the month names

In your locale, translate the arrays

For example in french :

$Definition['Date.WeekdayNames'] = array("Dimanche", "Lundi", "Mardi", "Mercredi", "Jeudi", "Vendredi","Samedi"); 
$Definition['Date.WeekdayShortNames'] = array("Dim", "Lun", "Mar", "Mer", "Jeu", "Ven","Sam");
$Definition['Date.MonthNames'] = array("Janvier", "Février", "Mars", "Avril", "Mai", "Juin", "Juillet", "Août", "Septembre", "Octobre", "Novembre", "Décembre");
$Definition['Date.MonthShortNames'] = array("Jan", "Fév", "Mar", "Avr", "Mai", "Juin", "Juil", "Août", "Sept", "Oct", "Nov", "Déc");

422

Brilliant reply

MacWebsk

It doesn't work for me. Instead month names, show only one letter.

Anyone else tried Olivier_Chevet's instructions?

Olivier_Chevet

I realized I forgot a step 4 in my instructions.

Step 4 : add english translations for months

you need to add the month names in English. Several location are possible. I came up with the following.

in the file application/dashboad/locale/en-CA/definitions.php look for

$Definition['Date.DefaultDateTimeFormat'] = '%B %e, %Y %l:%M%p';

After this line, add :

$Definition['Date.WeekdayNames'] = array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday","Saturday"); 
$Definition['Date.WeekdayShortNames'] = array("Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri","Sat");
$Definition['Date.MonthNames'] = array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
$Definition['Date.MonthShortNames'] = array("jan", "feb", "mar", "apr", "may", "jun", "jul", "aug", "sep", "oct", "nov", "dec");

@MacWebsk in which language are you experiencing your problem ? Does it occur both for long and short month names ? I checked again and it works on my dev and production sites.

jungica

you don't have to use arrays, just set your config file (conf/config.php)
insert new line anywhere like this:

$Configuration['Garden']['Locale'] = 'hu-HU';

(this means all names will be hungarian)

MacWebsk

@Olivier_Chevet hi, step 4 of your instructions is the same with step 1?

My long month names (Slovak) are visible just as one letter. I follow your 3 steps instructions carefuly.

check my forum site pls: macweb.sk/forum/

thanks

MacWebsk

@jungica: ok, solved, thank you very much mate. koszonom

Turbolego

@jungica: nice fix, but the order is still backwards...

Right now, it says "februar 13" when i need "13 februar".

Any way to change the order?

Thanks in advance.

jungica

Turbolego said:
Right now, it says "februar 13" when i need "13 februar".

which language do you want to use?

Turbolego

Norwegian (nb_NO)

jungica said:

Turbolego said:
Right now, it says "februar 13" when i need "13 februar".

which language do you want to use?

jungica

put into config: $Configuration['Garden']['Locale'] = 'nb_NO'; and search for the time display and change

"%B %d"

(februar 13)

to

"%d %B"

(13 februar)

Turbolego

I added "$Configuration['Garden']['Locale'] = 'nb_NO';" to /conf/config.php, and it shows norwegian month names perfectly.

But there are no "%B" or "%d" in the entire /conf/config.php document.

Could you post your time display code?

jungica said:
put into config: $Configuration['Garden']['Locale'] = 'nb_NO'; and search for the time display and change

"%B %d"

(februar 13)

to

"%d %B"

(13 februar)

jungica

try library\core\class.format.php line 468?
or library\core\functions.general.php line 927?

Turbolego

jungica said:

try library\core\class.format.php line 468?

Found this when i searched for %B:

       // If the timestamp is the same year, show the month and date

        $Format = T('Date.DefaultDayFormat', '%B %e');
     } else if (date('Y', $Timestamp) != date('Y', $Now)) {
        // If the timestamp is not the same year, just show the year
        $Format = T('Date.DefaultYearFormat', '%B %Y');
     } else {
        // Otherwise, use the date format
        $Format = T('Date.DefaultFormat', '%B %e, %Y');
     }

Found this when i searched for %d:

$Format = str_replace('%e', ltrim(strftime('%d', $Timestamp), '0'), $Format);

or library\core\functions.general.php line 927?

Found this when i searched for %B:

          case 'medium':

              $Result = Gdn_Format::Date($Value, '%e %b %Y');
              break;
           case 'long':
              $Result = Gdn_Format::Date($Value, '%e %B %Y');
              break;

Found this when i searched for %d:

$Result = Gdn_Format::Date($Value, '%d/%m/%Y');

Did not find anything in either documents when i searched for %B %d.

Please advice.