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Asked: 2026-05-19T15:32:05+00:00

I have a Practice model that is storing start_time, end_time and day. That information

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I have a Practice model that is storing start_time, end_time and day.

That information (like the rest of the site) will need to be displayed in 3 different
languages.

Start_time and end_time are both stored as Datetime types in the DB.

Day is not yet implemented, but will be shown as a select box. I have see people suggest an array of constants and storing it as an integer in the DB. While that seems reasonable, I am having trouble imagining that working well with different languages (using either I18n or Globalize2).

What is the cleanest way to implement this so it works well in different languages?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I can’t see a good reason to store the days of the week in the database; I’d be surprised if such names will change and we are talking about 7 * 3 strings, that is a small amount of data to handle for your application.

    i18n is the way to go. You can browser this repository to find day_names already traslated in different languages.

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