Output of date/time in German in PHP

Question

Got a bit of an odd question. After creating a PHP script for a friend who lives in Germany, he has decided he needs the time/date in German format, an example being:

Montag, 16.März 2014

Is there a date/time function that can do this in PHP?

Any help much appreciated, Thanks!

Would this help you: http://stackoverflow.com/a/11333780/825114? — Rolice, Aug 07 '14 at 21:03
If you check date() manual you could format the date as you want: http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php — emmanuel, Aug 07 '14 at 21:04

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 07 '14 at 21:06

4

Use strftime() and set the locale to German

Example

<?php
    setlocale(LC_ALL, "de_DE.utf8");
    echo strftime("%A, %e.%B %Y"); 
?>

Which would output: Donnerstag, 7.August 2014

answered Aug 07 '14 at 21:06

Erlesand

1,525
12
16

Be careful while using LC_ALL , read this comment i faced same issue http://php.net/manual/en/function.setlocale.php#25041 – Shahzaib Hayat Khan Mar 16 '18 at 10:59
use LC_TIME instead of LC_ALL – Ahmed Sunny Mar 06 '19 at 09:46

Output of date/time in German in PHP

1 Answers1