Date display in design areas

(Rhulse) #1

Would it be possible to patch a system to allow the design area to output the date in other languages?


Specifically I want to display the date on the home page in English and Maori.



I suspect this could be done by creating a custom Design Area element and then echoing a custom function into the design instead of the call to date().



(I know I could replace the time with JS on the client, but I'd rather stay server side if I can).

(Avi Miller) #2

[quote]Would it be possible to patch a system to allow the design area to output the date in other languages?
I suspect this could be done by creating a custom Design Area element and then echoing a custom function into the design instead of the call to date().[/quote]



Yeah, you could create a custom version of the datetime design area to do this. How would you output the date in Maori in PHP normally? :slight_smile:

(Rhulse) #3

I thought so.

I'd normally just have a translate function for the day and month, or alternatively one that takes a UNIX timestamp and provides the formated date in one step.

Could the custom version live in a package, or would it have to be in the core?

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(Greg Sherwood) #4

It can be in a package. The search package adds the Search Box design area, for example.