Announcements timestamp in other language

[dOctype]

Hello, I'm trying to change the timestamp's language in announcements section. My WHMCS is using Spanish as default language, but, I see the timestamp in English:

 

 

How can I change it? I can't see any reference in JSs or language files.. HELPPP!

 

Regards,

Ignacio.

 

- - - Updated - - -

 

The call to the timestamp is:

{$announcement.timestamp|date_format:"%A, %B %e, %Y"}

[Kian]

You have to setlocale() with LC_TIME. Put this on top of your announcements.tpl.

 

{php}
setlocale(LC_TIME, "es_ES"); # where es_ES should be changed accordingly to it_IT, us_US etc. when user switch language
{/php}

 

But it's not enough since some languages use accented letters. For example in Italian days are lunedì, martedì, mercoledì etc. and they will cause a char code error so you have to add this utf8_encode to $announcement.timestamp:

 

{$announcement.timestamp|date_format:"%A, %B %e, %Y"|utf8_encode}

 

Anyway probably the best approach is to define the setlocale() inside AdminAreaPage hook point so that you don't need to add this code on top of your all your tpl files where there's a date.

Edited March 2, 2015 by Kian

[dOctype]

Hi Kian! thanks for your reply, i made exactly what you told me, but I still continue viewing the timestamp in English

 

I'm using "Flat" WHMCS theme.. maybe they made something to force English, I don't know..

[sentq]

in configuration.php use add this function at the end of file

setlocale(LC_TIME, 'sp_spain');

change "sp_spain" with the correct locale name installed in your server, more info

 

i tried it with "nld_nld" (Dutch) and it changes "Monday, March 2, 2015" to "maandag, maart 2, 2015"

[dOctype]

YEsss!!! Thanks Kian and sentq, the problem was I was changing announcements.tpl and I had to change viewannouncements.tpl that was the file with language problem.

 

It worked like this:

 

{php}

setlocale(LC_TIME, "es_ES");

{/php}

 

and:

 

{$announcement.timestamp|date_format:"%A, %e de %B - %Y"|utf8_encode}

 

Thanks again,

Regards.

[brian!]

Ignacio,

 

it's worth remembering that your solution won't work when WHMCS v6 is released later this year - as I believe it will start using Smarty v3, you will no longer be able to use {php} in the templates.

 

therefore, it might be easier to use sentq's configuration.php suggestion or Kian's hook idea...

 

setlocale(LC_TIME, 'es_ES.UTF-8');

Edited March 2, 2015 by brian!

[dOctype]

Ok, I will get that on mind. Thanks a lot.

[esat]

Hello,

I have same issue $announcement.timestamp, language problem for Turkish.

That setlocale(LC_TIME, 'tr_TR.UTF-8'); solution in the configuration.php doesn't work.

 

Also belowed solution doesn't work anymore in 6.2.2.

{php}

setlocale(LC_TIME, "TR_TR");

{/php}

 

Anybody can help me about that?

[brian!]

it might be worth opening a ticket with support to see if this is a bug or intentional.

 

you could certainly use a Smarty replace (multiple) to change the English month names to Turkish - that could be a last resort solution if setlocale continues to fail.

 

http://forum.whmcs.com/showthread.php?98194-Date-in-another-language&p=449670#post449670