Convert PHP variable date to local date in Hebrew

Question

I convert a string in PHP to a date variable and need to print it in the local date in Hebrew language. I print the date to the page with date('M'); which results in March, in English, and my desired result is to print it in the local Hebrew language which should result in מרץ.

I know that there is way to create array and translate each name of month and day manually but I'm interested to convert the date variable that I have into $date into the local PHP date in Hebrew language. What will be the best way to do it?

Alex Howansky · Answer 1 · 2019-03-13T16:04:04.050

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You need to set the locale first:

if (setlocale(LC_ALL, 'he_IL') === false) {
    throw new Exception("Locale not available on this machine.");
}

And then use strftime(), as date() doesn't respect locale settings:

echo strftime('%B');

Also note that your system needs to have the correct locale installed, which you can list via the command line with locale -a.

edited Mar 13 '19 at 16:04

answered Mar 13 '19 at 15:58

Alex Howansky

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How I can use `strftime();` to print the date variable? – Yossi Aharon Mar 13 '19 at 16:09
[Read the docs.](http://php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php) You can pass a timestamp as the second parameter. – Alex Howansky Mar 13 '19 at 16:12
I set the local before but `echo strftime('%B');` print the month in English as `March` instead in Hebrew. – Yossi Aharon Mar 13 '19 at 17:23
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_"Also note that your system needs to have the correct locale installed."_ – Alex Howansky Mar 13 '19 at 18:07
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Some systems may require use of `'he_IL.utf-8'` (My CentOS box does. My Mac doesn't) Alex already mentioned that `locale -a` will show all available. – Tim Mar 14 '19 at 09:28

Convert PHP variable date to local date in Hebrew

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