PHP: setlocale() does not work

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php -r 'setlocale(LC_ALL, "ru"); echo date("F", time()), "\n";' prints "June" in English despite of the fact that I have set Russian locale.

Why does it not work as I need (with Russian month names)?

datasage · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-26 18:15:04Z

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You will need to use strftime instead of date to format a date taking into account locale.

answered Jun 26, 2013 at 18:15

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porton Over a year ago

php -r 'setlocale(LC_ALL, "ru"); echo strftime("%B", time()), "\n";' prints "June" in English

datasage Over a year ago

Set your locale to ru_RU. You may want to add .utf8. the full locale should be ru_RU.utf8

halfpastfour.am Over a year ago

Check if the required locate has been generated on your server and make sure to restart the webserver. If after trying this, strftime still does not work.

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