DEPRECATED - Laravel : How to localize dates within views with Carbon

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I'm trying to localize Carbon dates in a view in different languages with no success so far.

I retrieve dates from a Model and send them to a view:

Route::get('/tables/setup', function(){
     $now=  Date::now('Europe/Paris');

     $active_tasks = GanttTask::whereDate('start_date', '<',  $now)
        ->whereDate('end_date', '>', $now)
        ->get();

     return view('my_view', compact('active_tasks'));

   });

and can easily display them in 'my_view':

  @foreach($active_tasks as $active_task)

     {{$active_task->start_date->format('l j F Y H:i:s')}}  //Friday 26 January 2018 09:19:54

     @endforeach

But I can not manage to render them in the desired language.

I tried adding Carbon::setLocale('it'); in the route or in the view with no effect.

EDIT: slight error in my blade call {{$active_task->start_date->format('l j F Y H:i:s')}} instead of {{$active_task->format('l j F Y H:i:s')}}

Carbon::setLocale('fr')->now()->format('l j F Y H:i:s'); – Adam Kozlowski Jan 26 '18 at 14:15 — Adam Kozlowski, Jan 26 '18 at 14:15
or Carbon::setLocale(config('app.locale')) – Adam Kozlowski Jan 26 '18 at 14:15 — Adam Kozlowski, Jan 26 '18 at 14:15

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 26 '18 at 14:23

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You need to use the php function setlocale before setting the localized format in Carbon.

Unfortunately the base class DateTime does not have any localization support. To begin localization support a formatLocalized($format) method was added. The implementation makes a call to strftime using the current instance timestamp. If you first set the current locale with PHP function setlocale() then the string returned will be formatted in the correct locale.

Examples from the docs:

setlocale(LC_TIME, 'German');
echo $dt->formatLocalized('%A %d %B %Y');          // Mittwoch 21 Mai 1975
setlocale(LC_TIME, '');
echo $dt->formatLocalized('%A %d %B %Y');          // Wednesday 21 May 1975

answered Jan 26 '18 at 14:23

Ok I see the mistake about using `format()` . Changed my code with now effect so far but I keep trying – Sebastien D Jan 26 '18 at 14:35
Arg! 'German' was not a valid language in my php config. That's why it didn't work on the first try. Weird example they gave! – Sebastien D Jan 26 '18 at 14:48
You can list the installed locales with `locale -a`. To install a new one, [see this answer](https://askubuntu.com/a/76106/323990). – totymedli Mar 28 '18 at 04:57
It is late to answer but for those who come later to this question. the setlocale() will only apply changes to the formatLocalized() method. To translate months' names I created a gist here that I think its the only way to be able to localize Carbon's custom formats.https://gist.github.com/ebrahimahmadi/ac9b08c857065d36c1fcefb0ea8e5733 – Ebi Dec 23 '20 at 19:21
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P.S. Deprecated as of PHP8.1. isoFormat() should be used instead – Didzis May 24 '23 at 05:17

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 26 '18 at 14:46

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Ok, everything is fixed.

In the top of the view:

setlocale(LC_TIME, 'IT_it');

And then the blade call:

{{$active_task->start_date->formatLocalized('%A %d %B %Y')}}

All credits to @Btl

answered Jan 26 '18 at 14:46

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formatLocalized DEPRECATED – ChrisDeDavidMindflowAU Jul 14 '23 at 00:06
5 years later, great comment... – Sebastien D Jul 18 '23 at 23:03
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Hi Sebastien D, my comment is to help others that found this. This post is high up in the search engine results. It's good to know that it is DEPRECATED now. So, what if it's an old post?... people are still looking for the same info from 10 years ago or more. @sebastien-d – ChrisDeDavidMindflowAU Aug 28 '23 at 23:25
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@ChrisDeDavidMindflowAU, just edited the topic name, is it more clear ? – Sebastien D Aug 30 '23 at 11:00
Great idea, it will be more clear and helpful to others. – ChrisDeDavidMindflowAU Aug 31 '23 at 16:33

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