[Solved]Date format

[Artizzz]

Hello!

I have problem with date format, I need to make that data format in invoice be not "2010-10-06" but "2010. year 06. October", how can I make that?

Best regards

[rocky]

Is it just the date on the PDF you want to change or all dates? You can change all dates by changing lines 334-337 (in PrestaShop v1.3.2) of classes/Tools.php:

/*if ($language AND strtolower($language['iso_code']) == 'fr')
   return ($tmpTab[2].'-'.$tmpTab[1].'-'.$tmpTab[0].($full ? $hour : ''));
else
   return ($tmpTab[0].'-'.$tmpTab[1].'-'.$tmpTab[2].($full ? $hour : ''));*/
return $tmpTab[0].'. '.$tmpTab[2].'. '. date("F", mktime(0, 0, 0, $tmpTab[1], 1, 2005));

This will display "2010. 06. October" instead of "2010-10-06".

[Artizzz]

ok, this is great, big thanks.
emmm... and how it's is possible to make different format for invoice and all other dates? ( just for knowing it )
and where can I translate month name in my language?

[rocky]

You would remove all the Tools::displayDate calls in classes/PDF.php and write your own code to format the dates.

Making the text translatable would be more difficult. I think you may need to create an array of the 12 month names for each language, then use that array instead of the date function to convert the month number to the month name.

[Artizzz]

maybe you can tell me how to translate it?
it will be awesome, because I have no idea how to do that.

[rocky]

Something like this in the displayDate function should work:

$month = array(1 => array('01' => 'January', '02' => 'February', '03' => 'March', '04' => 'April', '05' => 'May', '06' => 'June', '07' => 'July', '08' => 'August', '09' => 'September', '10' => 'October', '11' => 'November', '12' => 'December'),
2 => array('01' => 'January', '02' => 'February', '03' => 'March', '04' => 'April', '05' => 'May', '06' => 'June', '07' => 'July', '08' => 'August', '09' => 'September', '10' => 'October', '11' => 'November', '12' => 'December'),
3 => array('01' => 'January', '02' => 'February', '03' => 'March', '04' => 'April', '05' => 'May', '06' => 'June', '07' => 'July', '08' => 'August', '09' => 'September', '10' => 'October', '11' => 'November', '12' => 'December'));

Change the months in 2 to French and 3 to Spanish. Add more lines if necessary. You should then be able to use the following code:

return $tmpTab[0].'. '.$tmpTab[2].'. '. $month[$id_lang][$tmpTab[1]];

[Artizzz]

where I need to put that array code?

[rocky]

Above the code that was commented out will do.

[Artizzz]

yeah, it's working. thanks
maybe you can tell me how can I integrate this code in pdf.php to make different format only for invoice?

[rocky]

I suggest that you copy the displayDate function from classes/Tools.php into classes/PDF.php, then modify it as needed, then change all Tools::displayDate references in classes/PDF.php to $this->displayDate

[Artizzz]

Big thanks, really helped.

[rocky]

If your issue is resolved, please edit your first post and add [sOLVED] to the front of the title.

[bb42]

Sorry, isn't it a bit strange that one has to edit the source code in order to change to another date format?
This should definitely be a setting for the backend!

[rocky]

I agree. You can post a feature request on the bug tracker. Hopefully, PrestaShop will add the option in the future.

[bb42]

Feature request is already there - I added a link to this thread there:
http://www.prestashop.com/bug_tracker/view/6052/

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UPDATE:
The coolest method is IMHO to add code for each country in Tools.php.
In this way the original functionality is always retained.

For example for german, after the If-clause (around line 344):

     if ($language AND strtolower($language['iso_code']) == 'fr')
  return ($tmpTab[2].'-'.$tmpTab[1].'-'.$tmpTab[0].($full ? $hour : ''));

...we add:

     elseif ($language AND strtolower($language['iso_code']) == 'de')
  return ($tmpTab[2].'.'.$tmpTab[1].'.'.$tmpTab[0].($full ? $hour : ''));  // TT.MM.JJJJ

[matej0001]

I can not translate the date in prestashop . Some ideas? Please. Does not work in translation. Prestashop 1.6.11

{$post.date_added|date_format:"%B %d %Y"}