Echoing dates on french site?

Hi,

Yes, you can output dates in any format needed using the PHP date() function.  In this function, you set the format that you want dates to display in.

For example, if you had a field called "date" and wanted to output it in a dd/mm/YYYY format, you can do so like this:

<?php echo date("d/m/Y", strtotime($record['date']));?>

For more information about the different date formats you can use, take a look at the date manual page on php.net:

http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

Hope this helps

Currently the months dates are written out (January, February, etc.) and I think the client prefers it that way. Is there a way to output the french translations of the months instead?

Hi,

Sure, the easiest way to do this is to set up an array of English to French Months.  You can then put the date together one part at a time like this:

$englishToFrenchMonths = array(
    'January'   => 'Janvier',
    'February'  => 'Fevrier',
    'March'     => 'Mars',
    'April'     => 'Avril',
    'May'       => 'Mai',
    'June'      => 'Juin',
    'July'      => 'Juillet',
    'August'    => 'Aout',
    'September' => 'Septembre',
    'October'   => 'Octobre',
    'November'  => 'Novembre',
    'December'  => 'Decembre',
  );
  
  $month = $englishToFrenchMonths[date("F", strtotime($record['date']))];
  $day   = date("d", strtotime($record['date']));
  $year  = date("Y", strtotime($record['date']));
   
  echo "$day/$month/$year";

Hope this helps