WordPress Development Tip
WordPress includes functions to assist in making your WordPress Plugins properly localized. One of the functions is the date_i18n function. This function has no example however, and in this post I will explain how to use it:
To get the information on which settings the blog has, you need to include the wp_locale as a global in the function you use it in:
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global $wp_locale; |
Now you can get the date format by calling ‘date_format’ via the get_option function like this:
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$dateformat=get_option('date_format'); |
To convert and display a date properly, you can now call the date_i18n-function using the value in the $dateformat variable, along with a unix timestamp as the time you want to display.
Remember you must provide a unix timestamp for the function to return a proper value, and in the following example I convert a date using PHP’s built in function strtotime.
In the example I put all the function calls into one line.
Single Line Example:
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echo date_i18n(get_option('date_format') ,strtotime("11/15-1976")); |
Depending on your blog settings you will see the date displayed in your local format, for example: 15. november 1976.
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Thanks for the lucid explanation of the function…
It helped me to solve one of my problems..
btw, can u pls. tell me which plugin do u use to Welcome the user, i.e. the one which shows ‘Welcome Googler! If you find this page useful, ….’
Thanks.
Hi Sapan
I use the WP Greet Box for that functionality … http://WordPress.org/extend/plugins/wp-greet-box/
Remember to read one of my first posts here on this blog, , for better SEO with WP Greet Box.
Thank you for visiting!
Thanks a lot…