change date format from mm/dd/yy to dd/mm/yy

[ctbhost]

can anyone tell me how i can change the date format in the admin area to be dd/mm/yy instead of the default mm/dd/yy

[♥Vger]

If you look in Contributions there is one which is called something like osCommerce UK or UK osCommerce, which includes all the files to change the date format both in the Catalog and in Admin.

 

You can also look in catalog/includes/languages/german.php or spanish.php, and in catalog/admin/includes/languages/german.php or spanish.php because the code is already in them for dd/mm/yyyy format. It's only the english.php which uses the American mm/dd/yyyy format.

 

Vger

[ctbhost]

If you look in Contributions there is one which is called something like osCommerce UK or UK osCommerce, which includes all the files to change the date format both in the Catalog and in Admin.

 

You can also look in catalog/includes/languages/german.php or spanish.php, and in catalog/admin/includes/languages/german.php or spanish.php because the code is already in them for dd/mm/yyyy format. It's only the english.php which uses the American mm/dd/yyyy format.

 

Vger

 

Found it

IN /admin/includes/languages/english.php

CHANGE:

define('DATE_FORMAT_SHORT', '%m/%d/%Y'); // this is used for strftime()

define('DATE_FORMAT_LONG', '%A %d %B, %Y'); // this is used for strftime()

define('DATE_FORMAT', 'm/d/Y'); // this is used for date()

define('PHP_DATE_TIME_FORMAT', 'm/d/Y H:i:s'); // this is used for date()

define('DATE_TIME_FORMAT', DATE_FORMAT_SHORT . ' %H:%M:%S');

 

TO:

 

define('DATE_FORMAT_SHORT', '%d/%m/%Y'); // this is used for strftime()

define('DATE_FORMAT_LONG', '%A %d %B, %Y'); // this is used for strftime()

define('DATE_FORMAT', 'd/m/Y'); // this is used for date()

define('PHP_DATE_TIME_FORMAT', 'd/m/Y H:i:s'); // this is used for date()

define('DATE_TIME_FORMAT', DATE_FORMAT_SHORT . ' %H:%M:%S');

 

AND IN /includes/languages/english.php

 

CHANGE:

define('DATE_FORMAT_SHORT', '%m/%d/%Y'); // this is used for strftime()

define('DATE_FORMAT_LONG', '%A %d %B, %Y'); // this is used for strftime()

define('DATE_FORMAT', 'm/d/Y'); // this is used for date()

define('DATE_TIME_FORMAT', DATE_FORMAT_SHORT . ' %H:%M:%S');

 

TO:

define('DATE_FORMAT_SHORT', '%d/%m/%Y'); // this is used for strftime()

define('DATE_FORMAT_LONG', '%A %d %B, %Y'); // this is used for strftime()

define('DATE_FORMAT', 'd/m/Y'); // this is used for date()

define('DATE_TIME_FORMAT', DATE_FORMAT_SHORT . ' %H:%M:%S');

[bobccc]

Thanks ctbhost and vger, saved me some work too :D

[♥Vger]

Sorry folks, but you didn't get the important part of it. You also need to change this:

////
// Return date in raw format
// $date should be in format mm/dd/yyyy
// raw date is in format YYYYMMDD, or DDMMYYYY
function tep_date_raw($date, $reverse = false) {
 if ($reverse) {
return substr($date, 3, 2) . substr($date, 0, 2) . substr($date, 6, 4);
 } else {
return substr($date, 6, 4) . substr($date, 0, 2) . substr($date, 3, 2);
 }
}

 

to this:

////
// Return date in raw format
// $date should be in format mm/dd/yyyy
// raw date is in format YYYYMMDD, or DDMMYYYY
function tep_date_raw($date, $reverse = false) {
 if ($reverse) {
return substr($date, 0, 2) . substr($date, 3, 2) . substr($date, 6, 4);
 } else {
return substr($date, 6, 4) . substr($date, 3, 2) . substr($date, 0, 2);
 }
}

 

Vger

[bobccc]

Thanks again, I take it that we change both the English.php in the language areas.. :)

 

Bob

[ctbhost]

thanks vger