Tag: tostring

  • Display localized dates in Magento

    Display localized dates in Magento

    Since Magento uses the Zend Framework you are able to use Zend_Date to easily display localized dates in Magento.

    $date = new Zend_Date(Mage::getModel('core/date')->timestamp(time(), false, Mage::app()->getLocale()->getLocaleCode()));
echo $date->toString("EEEE, d. MMMM YYYY");

    So, first create a Zend_Date object based on the locale set in the administration backend:

    Mage::app()->getLocale()->getLocaleCode()

    Then simply output your date as localized string using Zend_Date->toString:

    echo $date->toString("EEEE, d. MMMM YYYY");

    Us usual, find formating rules in the Zend_Date constants documentation.