smichaelsen/date.php

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PHP Date localization

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	<?php

	setlocale(LC_TIME, 'de_DE');
	echo (new DateTime())->format('F'); // May
	echo strftime('%B', time()); // Mai

	// BUT WHY!?

Luzifer commented May 23, 2016

I'd assume your LC_ALL or other locale is set to de_DE and strftime is using that locale while ->format isn't…

thomashempel commented May 23, 2016

PHP Manual for DateTime->format says "This method does not use locales. All output is in English."

For strftime it says "Format the time and/or date according to locale settings. Month and weekday names and other language-dependent strings respect the current locale set with setlocale()."

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