Question

Can anybody help me with date localization?
My code:

<?php echo date("j F", ($data->create_time)); ?>

And it returns:

1 January

I want to translate this output to Russian language:

1 Января

Answer 1

Yii provides robust i18n functionality through classes such as CDateFormatter and CLocale. You can get an instance of these classes for your application’s current language with Yii::app()->getDateFormatter() and Yii::app()->getLocale(). Use these to format your date with a format string either taken straight from the current locale (good if it works for you) or by specifying a custom string:

$formatter = Yii::app()->getDateFormatter();

$format = Yii::app()->getLocale()->getDateFormat('medium'); // use built-in
$format = 'd MMMM'; // or use custom
echo $formatter->format($format, $data->create_time);