Title: PHP date() localization
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# PHP date() localization

 *  Resolved [stahn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stahn/)
 * (@stahn)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-date-localization/)
 * I’m trying to translate PHP date(), and have this code:
 * [http://www.webexperto.com/articulos/articulo.php?cod=135](http://www.webexperto.com/articulos/articulo.php?cod=135)
 * But I don’t know where to put it. I’ve tried some places but no luck.
 * **Using the localization file (es_ES in my case) is out of the question, because
   I’m using a free host which behaves… strange**

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-date-localization/#post-362117)
 * Can’t you just
    1. find the locale.php file and translate there 2. hardcode the
   date format in your templates?
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-date-localization/#post-362119)
 * Better to replace date() with:
 * [http://php.net/strftime](http://php.net/strftime)
 * Assuming you can use setlocale().

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-date-localization/#post-362119)
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