Question

I have a datetime stored in mysql as timestamp.

I then format the datetime using

$newdate = date('d M Y', strtotime($this->query->datetime));

My question is how do I translate the date using codeigniter builtin lang helper?

Answer 1

in the application language folder add a subfolder for the language you want to translate to. In that folder make a file called date_lang.php and handle all you date translations.

 $lang['datefrom'] = "dateTo";

Another option for translation of dates is to use locale.

PHP will handle the date translations for you. Set the locale globally for the user.

setlocale(LC_ALL, 'en_UK.utf8');

In my current project, we use the locale to handle money and dates. We use CI language files to handle string translations