date_functions.php

<?php
// ============================================================
// dateformat
//
// return a formated string for date
// @args:	string (date string), boolean (include day of week)
//              (it uses $_SESSION['language_choice'] )
// @return:	$date_string (string) - formated string
// Cristian Navalici lemonsoftware at gmail dot com
//
// For Hebrew must be implemented a special calendar functions
//
// 10.07.2007 - dateformat accepts now an argument
// ============================================================

function dateformat ($strtime = '', $with_dow = false) {

// without an argument, display current date
if ( !$strtime ) {
    $strtime = strtotime('now');
}

// string date is formed by
// $dow + date(day) + $nom + date(year) or similar

// name the day of the week for different languages
$day = date ("w", $strtime); // 0 sunday -> 6 saturday

switch ($day) {
	case 0: $dow = xl ('Sunday'); break;
	case 1: $dow = xl ('Monday'); break;
	case 2: $dow = xl ('Tuesday'); break;
	case 3: $dow = xl ('Wednesday'); break;
	case 4: $dow = xl ('Thursday'); break;
	case 5: $dow = xl ('Friday'); break;
	case 6: $dow = xl ('Saturday'); break;
}

// name of the month in different languages
$month = (int) date('m', $strtime);

switch ($month) {
	case 1: $nom = xl ('January'); break;
	case 2: $nom = xl ('February'); break;
	case 3: $nom = xl ('March'); break;
	case 4: $nom = xl ('April'); break;
	case 5: $nom = xl ('May'); break;
	case 6: $nom = xl ('June'); break;
	case 7: $nom = xl ('July'); break;
	case 8: $nom = xl ('August'); break;
	case 9: $nom = xl ('September'); break;
	case 10: $nom = xl ('October'); break;
	case 11: $nom = xl ('November'); break;
	case 12: $nom = xl ('December'); break;
}

// Date string format
// First, get current language title
$languageTitle = getLanguageTitle($_SESSION['language_choice']);
switch ($languageTitle) {
	// standard english first
        case getLanguageTitle(1):
            $dt = date ("F j, Y", $strtime);
            if ($with_dow) $dt = "$dow, $dt";
            break;
	case "Swedish":
            $dt = date ("Y", $strtime) . " $nom " . date("d", $strtime);
            if ($with_dow) $dt = "$dow $dt";
            break;
  case "Spanish":
  case "Spanish (Spain)":
  case "Spanish (Latin American)":
            $dt = date ("d", $strtime) . " $nom " . date("Y", $strtime);
            if ($with_dow) $dt = "$dow $dt";
            break;
	case "German":
            $dt = date ("d", $strtime) . " $nom " . date("Y", $strtime);
            if ($with_dow) $dt = "$dow $dt";
            break;
	case "Dutch":
            $dt = date ("d", $strtime) . " $nom " . date("Y", $strtime);
            if ($with_dow) $dt = "$dow $dt";
            break;
	// hebrew (israel) , display english NOT jewish calendar
	case "Hebrew":
            $dt = date ("F jS Y", $strtime);
            if ($with_dow) $dt = "$dow, $dt";
            break;
        // default case
        default:
            $dt = "$nom " . date ("d", $strtime) . ", " . date("Y", $strtime);
            if ($with_dow) $dt = "$dow, $dt";
}

return $dt;

}
?>