Best practices to use IntlDateFormatter (since Kirby 3.6.5)

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1

Hi all,

I am trying to figure out the best practice to define the locale on a global level.
Setting the locale in the config.php like below and then use it with myfield()->toDate('l', 'intl') still prints the English day format:

'locale' => [
        'LC_ALL'      => 'de_DE.utf-8',
        'LC_TIME'     => 'de_DE.utf-8',
    ],

Many thanks for your help,
Matt

2

Does it work correctly with the strftime date handler?

This works for me:

In config:

   'date'  => [
        'handler' => 'intl'
    ],

In template:

<?= $page->date()->toDate('EEEE') ?>

Make sure that the locale you have set is correct.

3

Regarding locale: Depending on your server operating system, it may as well be de_DE.UTF8 or de_DE.UTF-8.

4

@lukasbestle The example in the release docs is either wrong but at least doesn’t work: Release 3.6.5 · getkirby/kirby · GitHub. The date handler cannot be passed as a second paramater to toDate().

5

Thanks for your input.
This config.php settings work for me now (on local and live server) to get a localized date & time:

'locale' => [
        'LC_ALL'      => 'de_DE.utf-8',
        'LC_TIME'     => 'de_DE.utf-8',
    ],
'date'  => [
  'handler' => 'intl'
]

and in the template (for example to echo day name):

mydatefield()->toDate('EEEE', 'intl')
6

You are right. We changed the code during review and forgot to update the code example. Fixed. :white_check_mark:

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@texnixe The Kirby team should update the date.handler docs with the config option:

 'date'  => [
        'handler' => 'intl'
    ],

I definitely missed that part and was glas you mentioned it.