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Using Dates in Foreign Languages
Tweet17 November 2009 | | | Supports v2.4, v2.3
With all the translatable, i18n and other translation related stuff in silverstripe, I think more than one is wondering how to achieve something simple as using dates in a foreign language... Actually, it's ultra easy if you add this 2 lines in your silverstripe powered website.
Here is my Spanish example:
_config.php
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'es_ES');
Then in your template$Date.FormatI18N(%A %e de %B de %Y)
This will render
miércoles 21 de octubre de 2009
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Aram is a web developer running London based agency Aab Web. He has a strong passion for developing attractive, usable sites around the SilverStripe CMS.
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