After changing date format still getting error

[Annie_zaz]

Hello, I have followed this tut on how to change date format to UK format. (several times) and read other threads in this forum such as https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....he-Date-format and
https://www.zen-cart.com/content.php...-to-dd-mm-yyyy

I have made the changes to includes/languages/custom/english.php and also to admin/includes/languages/english.php

I noticed in my admin/includes/languages/english.php there is no
STEP 9: // text for date of birth example
define('DOB_FORMAT_STRING', 'mm/dd/yyyy'); (I added it in but it makes no difference)

I get error : Error Is your birth date correct? Our system requires the date in this format: MM/DD/YYYY (eg 05/21/1970)
Also the DOB example text still says: 05/21/1970 !!!

I have done this before with no problems. This is my first using 1.5.4 can't understand why it's not changing.

[frank18]

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I have made the changes to includes/languages/custom/english.php and also to admin/includes/languages/english.php
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Did you make these changes:

 
  @setlocale(LC_TIME, 'en_AU.UTF-8'); 
  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'); 
 
//// 
// Return date in raw format 
// $date should be in format mm/dd/yyyy 
// raw date is in format YYYYMMDD, or DDMMYYYY 
  if (!function_exists('zen_date_raw')) { 
    function zen_date_raw($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); 
      } 
    } 
  } 

Above code reflects the settings in my (Aussie) stores.

[Annie_zaz]

Hi Frank18 thanks for your reply.

I figured out that I had edited my "Çustom" english php, but then I changed templates and am now using another one by a different name and didn't edit that one (which I should've in the first place). Doh.

But you have helped me as I actually didn't have @setlocale(LC_TIME, 'en_AU.UTF-8'); in my includes/languages/custom/english.php
What have you got written in your admin/includes/languages/english.php. ? I have English_United Kingdom.1252 is that what you have?
I now have:
// look in your $PATH_LOCALE/locale directory for available locales..
$locales = array('en_GB', 'en_AU.utf8', 'en', 'English_United Kingdom.1252');
@setlocale(LC_TIME, $locales);

[frank18]

For both files (admin and store side) it should be

// look in your $PATH_LOCALE/locale directory for available locales..
$locales = array('en_AU', 'en_AU.utf8', 'en', 'English_Australia.1252');
@setlocale(LC_TIME, $locales); 

[lat9]

There are actually three (3) files that come into play here:

1. /YOUR_ADMIN/includes/languages/english.php, as you've described
2. /includes/languages/YOUR_TEMPLATE/english.php, where you'll enter the updated define statements and the re-arrangement of the zen_date_raw function
3. /includes/languages/english.php, which is loaded after the template-version, so all the locale-setting statements that you've identified for the template-override directory must be specified here for those settings to take effect.

[frank18]

There are actually three (3) files that come into play here:

1. /YOUR_ADMIN/includes/languages/english.php, as you've described
2. /includes/languages/YOUR_TEMPLATE/english.php, where you'll enter the updated define statements and the re-arrangement of the zen_date_raw function
3. /includes/languages/english.php, which is loaded after the template-version, so all the locale-setting statements that you've identified for the template-override directory must be specified here for those settings to take effect.

Hmm... in more than 8 years of using ZC for many stores, I never changed anything in the core english.php file and always had the desired result using the template override file, no problems whatsoever. So, I am not so sure if it is necessary to change the locale settings in the core english.php file as well.

[frank18]

Too late to edit my post above.

The Wiki does not specify that one needs to change the core file as well. Instead it clearly states to copy the core file first and then make the changes (using the override as usual).

See https://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.php/Date_Format