Dates localization

lukoie · June 2010

How do i translate month names?

oliverraduner · June 2010

I would be very interested in this, too!

Most likely I found the reason, why you cannot localize Months & Days (yet): http://github.com/vanillaforums/Garden/commit/ce6c2600a98ed2a8571424edc3c74fb42e1891ed#commitcomment-98474

lukoie · June 2010

do you think it is possible to make a small patched file for the time being?
or manually edit necessary lines?

lukoie · June 2010

as i understand it gets it from the mysql, right?

S · June 2010

Windows:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.setlocale.php

On Windows, setlocale(LC_ALL, '') sets the locale names from the system's regional/language settings (accessible via Control Panel).

// Test on Linux
locale -a

no_NO.UTF-8
pl_PL.ISO8859-2
pl_PL.UTF-8
pt_BR.ISO8859-1
pt_BR.UTF-8
....

=>
setlocale($LocaleName. '.'. $Encoding);

// php script
$x[] = setlocale(LC_ALL, 'sk_SK'); //

$CurrentLocale = Gdn::Config('Garden.Locale', 'en-CA');
setlocale(LC_ALL, str_replace('-', '_', $CurrentLocale));

Fail.

oliverraduner · June 2010

@lukoie wrote:

do you think it is possible to make a small patched file for the time being?

Yes it would be possible. But as this is a Core function of Vanilla, I think the developers should address it properly.

lukoie · June 2010

@S:
huh?

TiGR · June 2010

I think the best solution would be to make gdn::Format->Date overridable as many other functions, such as Plural, since setting proper locale does not do the job for some languages (it would be better to format text in different way). For instance, in russian locale-formatted string looks like, say, "Июнь 24", while proper way is "24 июня".

S · June 2010

Gdn_Format::Date() uses strftime() which can display month in genitive case. Use token %B. However, I think that anyway need to make overridable Format::Date() function, +1 @TiGR

http://vanillaforums.org/blog/translation-improvements-in-vanilla-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2238

TiGR · June 2010

@S token %B does not return month in genitive case on various server configurations (quite common problem, btw, AFAIK it works better only on FreeBSD servers, all linux servers return nominative form).

Here is more information about various locale-related bugs in PHP: http://www.onphp5.com/article/22

S · June 2010

@TiGR. Therefore, I have FreeBSD

It is the only thing to do - modify your theme

Gdn_Format::Date($Comment->DateInserted) -> 
Gdn_Format::To($Comment->DateInserted, 'CustomFormatMethod')

TiGR · June 2010

The problem is that Gdn_Format::Date() calls are located not only in theme.

P.S: We can't add FreeBSD as a requirement for Vanilla, right? Then we need function override.

oliverraduner · July 2010

At this point I want throw in the initial question to the discussion

How do i translate month names?

phreak · July 2010

Hi all,

I'm interested as well in the date change issue. Can someone hep translate "S"'s idea into something that easier to understand and implement for the time beeing?

Thanx

Tim · July 2010

We've made some changes in RC3 that make our calls to setlocale() more sensible. In theory, this should clear up a lot of these issues.

TiGR · July 2010

@Tim, I don't see any changes that could solve the problem discussed (on current git). What do you mean exactly?

binhdo · July 2010

I would be eagerly interested in a simple answer to the initial question.
Furthermore: is there a setting to change date and time format?

smac · July 2010

good question. how can I change this? time and date ...
Does anyone have an idea?

vefasizalem · February 2011

Please help! Are there any solution?

Tudor · June 2011

Sorry to resurrect an old discussion, but... Is it possible to have the month names translated somehow?

Todd · June 2011

I don't believe so at this time. We'll take a pull request though.

uniclue · June 2011

Would be great!

Csabbencs · July 2011

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 · November 2011

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 · December 2011

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 · December 2011

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 · December 2011

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 · January 2012

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 · January 2012

Brilliant reply

MacWebsk · February 2012

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

Anyone else tried Olivier_Chevet's instructions?

Olivier_Chevet · February 2012

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.

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

Step 2 : Modify Date_format to use those arrays

Step 3 : translate the month names

Step 4 : add english translations for months

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

Step 2 : Modify Date_format to use those arrays

Step 3 : translate the month names

Step 4 : add english translations for months