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Using Dates in Foreign Languages

17 November 2009 | Aram Balakjian | Templates, Languages | 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

Aram Balakjian

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.

Visit Aram's website: www.aabweb.co.uk

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Nobrainer Web
13/02/2013 10:39am (3 months ago)

Hi Aram, i just needed some info regarding dates matching the current language, and i came across this post.

I was actually looking for the system to display a different date format depending on the current language of the site.

I found the following post very helpfull and thought i would share it here: http://www.silverstripe.org/blog-module-forum/show/6069?start=8#post301102

Thomas