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Language independent date() function comes now with dutch, french, english

Language independent date() function comes now with dutch, french, english
and german. It's very easy to add more languages!

<? 

function  lngdate($timestamp, $mode, $lang)  { 

// 
//    $mode can be: 
//     "F"=juni, "M"=jun, "l"=maandag, "D"=ma, 
//    "long"=maandag 1 juni, "Long"=Maandag 1 Juni, "short"=ma 1 jun, 
"Short"=Ma 1 Jun 
// 
//    $lang is your language freedom of choice, available now: 
//    NL=dutch, UK=english, F=french, DE=german (almost) 
// 

Switch ($lang)    { 
    case "NL": 
        //    Dutch Language 
            //    Days: 
        $ld1="maandag";        $sd1="ma"; 
        $ld2="dinsdag";        $sd2="di"; 
        $ld3="woensdag";    $sd3="wo"; 
        $ld4="donderdag";    $sd4="do"; 
        $ld5="vrijdag";        $sd5="vr"; 
        $ld6="zaterdag";    $sd6="za"; 
        $ld7="zondag";        $sd7="zo"; 
            //    Months: 
        $lm1="januari";        $sm1="jan"; 
        $lm2="februari";    $sm2="feb"; 
        $lm3="maart";        $sm3="mrt"; 
        $lm4="april";        $sm4="apr"; 
        $lm5="mei";        $sm5="mei"; 
        $lm6="juni";        $sm6="jun"; 
        $lm7="juli";        $sm7="jul"; 
        $lm8="augustus";    $sm8="aug"; 
        $lm9="september";    $sm9="sep"; 
        $lm10="oktober";    $sm10="okt"; 
        $lm11="november";    $sm11="nov"; 
        $lm12="december";    $sm12="dec"; 
    break; 
    case "F": 
        //    French Language 
            //    Days: 
        $ld1="lundi";        $sd1="lun"; 
        $ld2="mardi";        $sd2="mar"; 
        $ld3="mercredi";    $sd3="mer"; 
        $ld4="jeudi";        $sd4="jeu"; 
        $ld5="vendredi";    $sd5="ven"; 
        $ld6="samedi";        $sd6="sam"; 
        $ld7="dimanche";    $sd7="dim"; 
            //    Months: 
        $lm1="janvier";        $sm1="jan"; 
        $lm2="février";    $sm2="fév"; 
        $lm3="mars";        $sm3="mars"; 
        $lm4="avril";        $sm4="avr"; 
        $lm5="mai";        $sm5="mai"; 
        $lm6="juin";        $sm6="juin"; 
        $lm7="juillet";        $sm7="juil"; 
        $lm8="août";    $sm8="août"; 
        $lm9="septembre";    $sm9="sept"; 
        $lm10="octobre";    $sm10="oct"; 
        $lm11="novembre";    $sm11="nov"; 
        $lm12="décembre";$sm12="déc"; 
    break; 
    case "DE": 
        //    German Language 
            //    Days: 
        $ld1="montag";        $sd1="mon"; 
        $ld2="dinstag";        $sd2="dins"; 
        $ld3="mittwoch";    $sd3="mitt"; 
        $ld4="donnerstag";    $sd4="don"; 
        $ld5="freitag";        $sd5="frei"; 
        $ld6="samstag";        $sd6="sam"; 
        $ld7="sonntag";        $sd7="son"; 
            //    Months: 
        $lm1="januar";        $sm1="jan"; 
        $lm2="februar";        $sm2="feb"; 
        $lm3="march";        $sm3="mar"; 
        $lm4="april";        $sm4="apr"; 
        $lm5="mai";        $sm5="mai"; 
        $lm6="juni";        $sm6="jun"; 
        $lm7="juli";        $sm7="jul"; 
        $lm8="august";        $sm8="aug"; 
        $lm9="september";    $sm9="sep"; 
        $lm10="october";    $sm10="oct"; 
        $lm11="november";    $sm11="nov"; 
        $lm12="dezember";    $sm12="dec"; 
    break; 
    case "UK": 
        //    English Language 
            //    Days: 
        $ld1="monday";        $sd1="mon"; 
        $ld2="tuesday";        $sd2="tue"; 
        $ld3="wednesday";    $sd3="wed"; 
        $ld4="thursday";    $sd4="thu"; 
        $ld5="friday";        $sd5="fri"; 
        $ld6="saturday";    $sd6="sat"; 
        $ld7="sunday";        $sd7="sun"; 
            //    Months: 
        $lm1="januari";        $sm1="jan"; 
        $lm2="februari";    $sm2="feb"; 
        $lm3="march";        $sm3="mar"; 
        $lm4="april";        $sm4="apr"; 
        $lm5="may";        $sm5="may"; 
        $lm6="june";        $sm6="jun"; 
        $lm7="july";        $sm7="jul"; 
        $lm8="august";        $sm8="aug"; 
        $lm9="september";    $sm9="sep"; 
        $lm10="october";    $sm10="oct"; 
        $lm11="november";    $sm11="nov"; 
        $lm12="december";    $sm12="dec"; 
    break; 

    } 

        $result =  ""; 
        $dval   =  date( "w",$timestamp)  -  1; 
        $nval   =  (int)  date( "d",$timestamp); 
        $mval   =  date( "m",$timestamp)  -  1; 
        $day    =  array( "$ld1", "$ld2", "$ld3", "$ld4", "$ld5", "$ld6", 
"$ld7"); 
        $sday   =  array( "$sd1", "$sd2", "$sd3", "$sd4", "$sd5", "$sd6", 
"$sd7"); 
        $month  =  array( "lm1","$lm2","$lm3","$lm4","$lm5","$lm6", 
            "$lm7","$lm8","$lm9","$lm10","$lm11","$lm12"); 
        $smonth =  array( "sm1","$sm2","$sm3","$sm4","$sm5","$sm6", 
            "$sm7","$sm8","$sm9","$sm10","$sm11","$sm12"); 

        switch  ($mode)  { 
                case  "F": 
                        $result    =  ($month[$mval]); 
                        break;              //  Juni 
                case  "M": 
                        $result    =  ($smonth[$mval]); 
                        break;              //  Jun 
                case  "l": 
                        $result    =  ($day[$dval]); 
                        break;              //  Maandag 
                case  "D": 
                        $result    =  ($sday[$dval]); 
                        break;              //  Ma 
                case  "Long": 
                        $result    =  ucfirst($day[$dval]). 
                        "  ".$nval.  "  ".ucfirst($month[$mval]); 
                        break;              //  Maandag  30  Juni 
                case  "long":   
                        $result    =  "$day[$dval]  $nval  $month[$mval]"; 
                        break;              //  maandag  30  juni     
                case  "Short": 
                        $result    =  ucfirst($sday[$dval]). 
                        "  $nval  ".ucfirst($smonth[$mval]); 
                        break;          //  Ma  30  Jun 
                default: 
                        $result    =  "$sday[$dval]  $nval  $smonth[$mval]"; 
                                              //  ma  30  jun 
        }       
        return  $result; 
} 

?>