Level 47
Use Laravels Lang system.
http://laravel.com/docs/master/localization
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Oct 15, 2015
4
Level 1
Date Format depends on language?
Hello Guys, i have a question to date formats in different languages.
In my Model i want to have a function like that:
public function created_at()
{
return new DateHelper->format(new GermanFormat($this->created_at));
}
ok cool. But now i want to add "English" language to my app. So i created a new EnglishFormat class.
But now it sucks...
My Model function have to be like that:
public function created_at()
{
// if DE THEN
return new DateHelper->format(new GermanFormat($this->created_at));
// if EN then
//return new DateHelper->format(new EnglishFormat($this->created_at));
}
Do you have a better idea for me? I dont like the IF statements...
Level 2
In terms of localising the dates and any text within the date display, I make use of this package https://github.com/jenssegers/date which extends from Carbon.
For the format of the date itself, doing what Zach suggested could work very well. Just a single item called format, then just grab it in your model using the trans function.
Level 1
Hello @Rjs37 yes the package solved my problem. Thank you!
Level 1
I know this is late but another option is to use a JavaScript plugin like Moment.js. It can automatically detect the browsers timezone and convert it on the fly.
Here is a quick example:
<time datetime="{{ $model->created_at->toISO8601String() }}">
{{ $model->created_at->toFormattedDateString() }}
</time>
Then with moment and jQuery:
$(function() {
// Time conversion
$("time").each(function(){
var $el = $(this);
var date = $el.attr("datetime");
$el.text(moment(date).format("lll"));
});
});
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