print date problem

Hi,

I have some problems displaying the date in my own language (dutch). If
tried the ones below but the date is always printed in english. My date and
country settings in windows are ok, in windows it is displayed in the dutch
language. So what am I doing wrong.

setlocale(LC_TIME, 'nl_NL');
setlocale(LC_TIME, "dutch");
setlocale(LC_TIME, "nld");

print date("l j F Y"); // should print : zaterdag 19 november 2005

John

Bruintje Beer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have some problems displaying the date in my own language (dutch). If
> tried the ones below but the date is always printed in english. My date and
> country settings in windows are ok, in windows it is displayed in the dutch
> language. So what am I doing wrong.
>
> setlocale(LC_TIME, 'nl_NL');
> setlocale(LC_TIME, "dutch");
> setlocale(LC_TIME, "nld");
>
> print date("l j F Y"); // should print : zaterdag 19 november 2005
>
> John

Unfortunately you can't use date() to print a date in dutch. Instead you
should use strftime:

print strftime("%A %#d %B %Y"); //prints: zaterdag 19 november 2005

You can use a timestamp as a second argument of strftime if you want to
print a date other than today. For more details see
http://nl3.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php

vdP

"vdP" <hvdploeg_NO_SPAM@wanadoo.nl> schreef in bericht
news:437f1f62$0$75458$dbd49001@news.wanadoo.nl...
> Bruintje Beer wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have some problems displaying the date in my own language (dutch). If
>> tried the ones below but the date is always printed in english. My date
>> and country settings in windows are ok, in windows it is displayed in the
>> dutch language. So what am I doing wrong.
>>
>> setlocale(LC_TIME, 'nl_NL');
>> setlocale(LC_TIME, "dutch");
>> setlocale(LC_TIME, "nld");
>>
>> print date("l j F Y"); // should print : zaterdag 19 november 2005
>>
>> John
>
> Unfortunately you can't use date() to print a date in dutch. Instead you
> should use strftime:
>
> print strftime("%A %#d %B %Y"); //prints: zaterdag 19 november 2005
>
> You can use a timestamp as a second argument of strftime if you want to
> print a date other than today. For more details see
> http://nl3.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php
>
> vdP
>
>

Thanks, this works

John