Date Format

[Bruce1952]

Hi All,

Need to know how to change (What Files) the date format from US to UK format (for the whole site) in version 1.5.8A zencart please.

Server Information:
Server Host: outdoorking.com (172.105.167.154)
Database: outdoorking_xxxx
Home: /home/xxx/public_html/xxx/Server OS: Linux 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7.x86_64
Server Date: 31/10/2023 09:16:50
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Server: ApachePHP Version: 7.3.33 (Zend: 3.3.33)PHP File
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PHP Memory Limit: 1024M
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Database Engine: MySQL 5.7.44
Database Host: localhost (127.0.0.1)
Database Date: 31/10/2023 09:16:50
Database Data Size: 244,309 kBDatabase
Index Size: 41,430 kBMySQL Slow Query Log
Status: OffMySQL Slow Query
Log File: /var/lib/mysql/au-slow.logMySQL Mode: NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION

[OldNGrey]

Try the following for Australia
file: admin /includes/languages/lang.english.php

add 1st line
@setlocale(LC_TIME, ['en_AU', 'en_AU.utf8mb4', 'en', 'English_Australia.1252']);

change
'DATE_FORMAT' => 'd/m/Y',  /* from 'DATE_FORMAT' => 'm/d/Y', */

'DATE_FORMAT_SHORT' => '%d/%m/%Y', /* from 'DATE_FORMAT_SHORT' => '%m/%d/%Y', */
 
'DATE_FORMAT_SPIFFYCAL' => 'dd/MM/yyyy', /* from 'DATE_FORMAT_SPIFFYCAL' => 'MM/dd/yyyy', */

'ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH_ERROR' => '&nbsp;<span class="errorText">(eg. 21/05/1970)</span>', // from 'ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH_ERROR' => '&nbsp;<span class="errorText">(eg. 05/21/1970)</span>',

'PHP_DATE_TIME_FORMAT' => 'd/m/Y H:i:s', // from 'PHP_DATE_TIME_FORMAT' => 'm/d/Y H:i:s',

file: /includes/languages/lang.english.php

as first line of code
global $locales;
$locales = ['en_AU', 'en_AU.utf8mb4', 'en', 'English_Australia.1252']; // from $locales = ['en_US', 'en_US.utf8', 'en', 'English_United States.1252'];
@setlocale(LC_TIME, $locales);

change

'DOB_FORMAT_STRING' => 'dd/mm/yyyy',  // from 'DOB_FORMAT_STRING' => 'mm/dd/yyyy', 

'ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH_ERROR' => 'Is your birth date correct? Our system requires the date in this format: DD/MM/YYYY (eg 21/05/1970) or this format: YYYY-MM-DD (eg 1970-05-21)', // from 'ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH_ERROR' => 'Is your birth date correct? Our system requires the date in this format: MM/DD/YYYY (eg 05/21/1970) or this format: YYYY-MM-DD (eg 1970-05-21)',

'ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH_TEXT' => '* (eg. 21/05/1970 or 1970-05-21)', // from 'ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH_TEXT' => '* (eg. 05/21/1970 or 1970-05-21)',

file: /includes/extra_configures/set_time_zone.php

$TZ = time zone = 'Australia/Brisbane';  // change to your location eg 'Australia/Sydney'