Twig: show the name of the months based on the current locale

Question

I'm just trying to show the name of the months based on the current locale.

{{ event.date|date('F') }}

but the months are always shown in english...

I have tried this code below I found here, but the result is the same...

class Helper_Twig extends Twig_Extension
{
    public function getFilters()
    {
        return array(
            'datetime' => new Twig_Filter_Method($this, 'datetime')
        );
    }

    public function datetime($d, $format = "%B %e")
    {
        if ($d instanceof \DateTime) {
            $d = $d->getTimestamp();
        }

        return strftime($format, $d);
    }

    public function getName()
    {
        return 'Helper';
    }
}

NOTE: In the controller I'm checking the current locale using $request->getLocale and it corresponds to the locale parameter I'm switching in parameters.yml.

What is the problem?

Vitalii Zurian · Answer 1 · 2015-03-09T14:48:08.967

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Since you defined datetime TwigFilter, you don't have to call {{ event.date|date('F') }}

Instead, you should call this {{ event.date|datetime('%B') }}

edited Mar 09 '15 at 14:48

answered Jul 30 '12 at 19:42

Vitalii Zurian

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 30 '12 at 21:56

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You can use SonataIntlBundle to handle localized date representation. Intl library needs to be installed though.

answered Jul 30 '12 at 21:56

Mun Mun Das

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I'd recommend using Twig's Intl extension instead. See http://stackoverflow.com/a/23424315/1001110 – Nic Wortel May 06 '14 at 12:50
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It doesn't provide a method to display only the translated month. – Jarek Jakubowski Mar 21 '16 at 13:20

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 30 '12 at 20:45

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You probably haven't installed the PHP intl-library in your PHP. http://php.net/manual/de/book.intl.php

answered Jul 30 '12 at 20:45

Chris

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 15 '21 at 07:27

If you have installed the IntlExtension you can use format_datetime with custom pattern.

{{ event.date|format_datetime(pattern="MMMM") }}

docs:

Twig: show the name of the months based on the current locale

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