DateTime object not returning locale time

Question

I want to return to a user a days in specific language (cs_CZ)

I have this script:

  <?php
  $date = (new \DateTime($log['date']))->format('d.m.Y');
  $date_name = (new \DateTime($log['date']))->format('D');
  ?>

I made from that this, but its not working:

<?php
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'cs_CZ');
 $date = (new \DateTime($log['date']))->format('d.m.Y');
  $date_name = (new \DateTime($log['date']))->format(strftime("%a"));
?>

What should be the problem?

Answer 1

You should do it this way instead :

setlocale(LC_ALL, 'cs_CZ');

$date = new DateTime($log['date']);
$date = strftime("%A", $date->getTimestamp());

var_dump($date);

Feel free to test this code here.