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+ | ===== Date Localization ===== | ||
+ | You can localize the date and time within PHP by following these steps: | ||
+ | 1. Verify that the correct locales are installed on the server. | ||
+ | <code bash> | ||
+ | > locale -a | ||
+ | aa_DJ | ||
+ | aa_DJ.iso88591 | ||
+ | aa_DJ.utf8 | ||
+ | aa_ER | ||
+ | aa_ER@saaho | ||
+ | aa_ER.utf8 | ||
+ | aa_ER.utf8@saaho | ||
+ | aa_ET | ||
+ | ... | ||
+ | </code> | ||
+ | 2. Set the locale within PHP. | ||
+ | <code php> | ||
+ | setlocale(LC_TIME, 'fr_FR'); | ||
+ | </code> | ||
+ | 3. Call strftime() to output the localized date. | ||
+ | <code php> | ||
+ | echo strftime('%e %B %Y'); | ||
+ | </code> |