Comments on: javascript get locale month with full name http://www.stoimen.com/blog/2009/08/10/javascript-get-locale-month-with-full-name/ about web development Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:35:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kelsey Golden http://www.stoimen.com/blog/2009/08/10/javascript-get-locale-month-with-full-name/comment-page-1/#comment-14722 Kelsey Golden Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:52:03 +0000 http://www.stoimen.com/blog/?p=729#comment-14722 Maybe I'm just not finding the solution I'm looking for but the frustrating thing about this problem is that your method (which is common) only displays the month names in one language, in this case English. What if the user is speaks another language? We can return a string that contains the user's native language month name with toLocaleDateString() assuming they left their OS at default settings and set their locale settings in their native language. So obviously javascript is able to access and read locale settings but thus far, I have not been able to find a way to make sure I'm just accessing the month name from the locale. This leaves the developer to have to manually translate the month name for every language they want to support using yours or similar methods. I'm hoping there's a better way but I'm fearing the worst right now. :-( Maybe I’m just not finding the solution I’m looking for but the frustrating thing about this problem is that your method (which is common) only displays the month names in one language, in this case English. What if the user is speaks another language?

We can return a string that contains the user’s native language month name with toLocaleDateString() assuming they left their OS at default settings and set their locale settings in their native language. So obviously javascript is able to access and read locale settings but thus far, I have not been able to find a way to make sure I’m just accessing the month name from the locale.

This leaves the developer to have to manually translate the month name for every language they want to support using yours or similar methods. I’m hoping there’s a better way but I’m fearing the worst right now. :-(

]]> By: Stoimen http://www.stoimen.com/blog/2009/08/10/javascript-get-locale-month-with-full-name/comment-page-1/#comment-14443 Stoimen Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:11:13 +0000 http://www.stoimen.com/blog/?p=729#comment-14443 @Stuart - thanks for the remark! @Stuart – thanks for the remark!

]]> By: Stuart http://www.stoimen.com/blog/2009/08/10/javascript-get-locale-month-with-full-name/comment-page-1/#comment-14441 Stuart Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:30:12 +0000 http://www.stoimen.com/blog/?p=729#comment-14441 Hi Just to let you know there is no March in your array Hi Just to let you know there is no March in your array

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]]> By: schaep http://www.stoimen.com/blog/2009/08/10/javascript-get-locale-month-with-full-name/comment-page-1/#comment-13483 schaep Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:42:23 +0000 http://www.stoimen.com/blog/?p=729#comment-13483 you do nothing with the locale of the user. you are just getting your representation of a monthname. you do nothing with the locale of the user. you are just getting your representation of a monthname.

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