Localization


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The Localization section allows the administrator to configure country specific settings within webClassifieds. The administrator can change the currency symbol used throughout the site along with the date format. Date formats vary from country to country. For example, in some countries the format is MM/DD/YYYY, while it is DD/MM/YYYY in others. The settings below allow you to change the date format to reflect your country's standards.  
 
The date formats use PHP's date() function. Reference the table at the end of this section to understand the examples for the following fields:  
 
Date/time format  
The date and time string, when both are displayed together. For example, if the date was January 1, 2005 1:00 PM n/j/y g:ia would translate to 01/01/2005 1:00pm.  
 
Time format  
The Time Format is used when just the time is displayed. For example, if it was 1:00 PM, g:ia would translate to 1:00pm.  
 
Date format  
The Date Format is used when just the date is displayed. For example, if the date was January 1, 2005 n/j/y would translate to 01/01/2005.  
 
Currency symbol  
The currency symbol you wish to use on your site (such as $) will be used on any page that requires a currency, such as the billing pages.  
 
The date and time values you enter must be recognized by webDate's date() function. The valid abberviations along with descriptions and example are found below (from the PHP.net documentaiton).  
 
Format Character
Description
Example returned values
Day
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d
Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros
01 to 31
D
A textual representation of a day, three letters
Mon through Sun
j
Day of the month without leading zeros
1 to 31
l (lowercase 'L')
A full textual representation of the day of the week
Sunday through Saturday
S
English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters
st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j
w
Numeric representation of the day of the week
0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday)
z
The day of the year (starting from 0)
0 through 365
Week
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W
ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday (added in PHP 4.1.0)
Example: 42 (the 42nd week in the year)
Month
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F
A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March
January through December
m
Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros
01 through 12
M
A short textual representation of a month, three letters
Jan through Dec
n
Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros
1 through 12
t
Number of days in the given month
28 through 31
Year
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L
Whether it's a leap year
1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise.
Y
A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits
Examples: 1999 or 2003
y
A two digit representation of a year
Examples: 99 or 03
Time
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a
Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem
am or pm
A
Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem
AM or PM
B
Swatch Internet time
000 through 999
g
12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros
1 through 12
G
24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros
0 through 23
h
12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros
01 through 12
H
24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros
00 through 23
i
Minutes with leading zeros
00 to 59
s
Seconds, with leading zeros
00 through 59
Timezone
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I (capital i)
Whether or not the date is in daylights savings time
1 if Daylight Savings Time, 0 otherwise.
O
Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours
Example: +0200
T
Timezone setting of this machine
Examples: EST, MDT ...
Z
Timezone offset in seconds. The offset for timezones west of UTC is always negative, and for those east of UTC is always positive.
-43200 through 43200
Full Date/Time
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c
ISO 8601 date (added in PHP 5)
2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00
r
RFC 2822 formatted date
Example: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200
U
Seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT)
See also time()