Localize date format using i18n

Tested on:

Drupal 16+ Date API x-4 Internationalization x-3

Any date format is stored as system variable (on the global $conf variable).

Since Internationalization module allows to declare some system variables as Multilingual, you could add to your $conf\[‘i18n_variables’\] on settings.php these lines to use different date format for different languages:

allows to declare some system variables as Multilingual (http://drupal.org)

 $conf['i18n_variables'] = array( // Other variables // bla bla bla // Date variables 'date_format_long', 'date_format_medium', 'date_format_short', 'date_first_day', );

date_format variables are Long, Medium and Short date format, used in many places (including Views).

date_first_day is the first day displayed on calendars (e.g. Sunday for English, Monday for Italian).

Note that you have to save the value twice via:

http://example.com/it/admin/settings/date-time (http://example.com)
http://example.com/en/admin/settings/date-time (http://example.com)

And one more time:

http://example.com/it/admin/settings/date-time (http://example.com)

After the first time, you can change format as you like without double checking.

See also:

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https://web.archive.org/web/20100708000000*/http://drupal.org/node/134002 (https://web.archive.org)
https://web.archive.org/web/20100708000000*/http://example.com/it/admin/settings/date-time (https://web.archive.org)
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https://web.archive.org/web/20100708000000*/http://example.com/en/admin/settings/date-time (https://web.archive.org)
<p>And one more time:</p> <p><a href= (https://web.archive.org)
https://web.archive.org/web/20100708000000*/http://example.com/it/admin/settings/date-time (https://web.archive.org)
<p>After the first time, you can change format as you like without double checking.</p> <p>See also:</p> <ul> <li><a href= (https://web.archive.org)
https://web.archive.org/web/20100708000000*/http://drupal.org/node/134002 (https://web.archive.org)