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Language independent date() function comes now with dutch, french, english
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and german. It's very easy to add more languages!
<?
function lngdate($timestamp, $mode, $lang) {
//
// $mode can be:
// "F"=juni, "M"=jun, "l"=maandag, "D"=ma,
// "long"=maandag 1 juni, "Long"=Maandag 1 Juni, "short"=ma 1 jun,
"Short"=Ma 1 Jun
//
// $lang is your language freedom of choice, available now:
// NL=dutch, UK=english, F=french, DE=german (almost)
//
Switch ($lang) {
case "NL":
// Dutch Language
// Days:
$ld1="maandag"; $sd1="ma";
$ld2="dinsdag"; $sd2="di";
$ld3="woensdag"; $sd3="wo";
$ld4="donderdag"; $sd4="do";
$ld5="vrijdag"; $sd5="vr";
$ld6="zaterdag"; $sd6="za";
$ld7="zondag"; $sd7="zo";
// Months:
$lm1="januari"; $sm1="jan";
$lm2="februari"; $sm2="feb";
$lm3="maart"; $sm3="mrt";
$lm4="april"; $sm4="apr";
$lm5="mei"; $sm5="mei";
$lm6="juni"; $sm6="jun";
$lm7="juli"; $sm7="jul";
$lm8="augustus"; $sm8="aug";
$lm9="september"; $sm9="sep";
$lm10="oktober"; $sm10="okt";
$lm11="november"; $sm11="nov";
$lm12="december"; $sm12="dec";
break;
case "F":
// French Language
// Days:
$ld1="lundi"; $sd1="lun";
$ld2="mardi"; $sd2="mar";
$ld3="mercredi"; $sd3="mer";
$ld4="jeudi"; $sd4="jeu";
$ld5="vendredi"; $sd5="ven";
$ld6="samedi"; $sd6="sam";
$ld7="dimanche"; $sd7="dim";
// Months:
$lm1="janvier"; $sm1="jan";
$lm2="février"; $sm2="fév";
$lm3="mars"; $sm3="mars";
$lm4="avril"; $sm4="avr";
$lm5="mai"; $sm5="mai";
$lm6="juin"; $sm6="juin";
$lm7="juillet"; $sm7="juil";
$lm8="août"; $sm8="août";
$lm9="septembre"; $sm9="sept";
$lm10="octobre"; $sm10="oct";
$lm11="novembre"; $sm11="nov";
$lm12="décembre";$sm12="déc";
break;
case "DE":
// German Language
// Days:
$ld1="montag"; $sd1="mon";
$ld2="dinstag"; $sd2="dins";
$ld3="mittwoch"; $sd3="mitt";
$ld4="donnerstag"; $sd4="don";
$ld5="freitag"; $sd5="frei";
$ld6="samstag"; $sd6="sam";
$ld7="sonntag"; $sd7="son";
// Months:
$lm1="januar"; $sm1="jan";
$lm2="februar"; $sm2="feb";
$lm3="march"; $sm3="mar";
$lm4="april"; $sm4="apr";
$lm5="mai"; $sm5="mai";
$lm6="juni"; $sm6="jun";
$lm7="juli"; $sm7="jul";
$lm8="august"; $sm8="aug";
$lm9="september"; $sm9="sep";
$lm10="october"; $sm10="oct";
$lm11="november"; $sm11="nov";
$lm12="dezember"; $sm12="dec";
break;
case "UK":
// English Language
// Days:
$ld1="monday"; $sd1="mon";
$ld2="tuesday"; $sd2="tue";
$ld3="wednesday"; $sd3="wed";
$ld4="thursday"; $sd4="thu";
$ld5="friday"; $sd5="fri";
$ld6="saturday"; $sd6="sat";
$ld7="sunday"; $sd7="sun";
// Months:
$lm1="januari"; $sm1="jan";
$lm2="februari"; $sm2="feb";
$lm3="march"; $sm3="mar";
$lm4="april"; $sm4="apr";
$lm5="may"; $sm5="may";
$lm6="june"; $sm6="jun";
$lm7="july"; $sm7="jul";
$lm8="august"; $sm8="aug";
$lm9="september"; $sm9="sep";
$lm10="october"; $sm10="oct";
$lm11="november"; $sm11="nov";
$lm12="december"; $sm12="dec";
break;
}
$result = "";
$dval = date( "w",$timestamp) - 1;
$nval = (int) date( "d",$timestamp);
$mval = date( "m",$timestamp) - 1;
$day = array( "$ld1", "$ld2", "$ld3", "$ld4", "$ld5", "$ld6",
"$ld7");
$sday = array( "$sd1", "$sd2", "$sd3", "$sd4", "$sd5", "$sd6",
"$sd7");
$month = array( "lm1","$lm2","$lm3","$lm4","$lm5","$lm6",
"$lm7","$lm8","$lm9","$lm10","$lm11","$lm12");
$smonth = array( "sm1","$sm2","$sm3","$sm4","$sm5","$sm6",
"$sm7","$sm8","$sm9","$sm10","$sm11","$sm12");
switch ($mode) {
case "F":
$result = ($month[$mval]);
break; // Juni
case "M":
$result = ($smonth[$mval]);
break; // Jun
case "l":
$result = ($day[$dval]);
break; // Maandag
case "D":
$result = ($sday[$dval]);
break; // Ma
case "Long":
$result = ucfirst($day[$dval]).
" ".$nval. " ".ucfirst($month[$mval]);
break; // Maandag 30 Juni
case "long":
$result = "$day[$dval] $nval $month[$mval]";
break; // maandag 30 juni
case "Short":
$result = ucfirst($sday[$dval]).
" $nval ".ucfirst($smonth[$mval]);
break; // Ma 30 Jun
default:
$result = "$sday[$dval] $nval $smonth[$mval]";
// ma 30 jun
}
return $result;
}
?>
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