Answers.Body: <p>It looks like you need Craft Pro and even then it's not possible
  to have the CP in a language that is not installed as a front-end locale.</p>
  
  <p>The (new) <code>defaultCpLanguage</code> setting doesn't change this. See Brad's
  answers here:<br>
  <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/a/5001/125">Change system language</a> +<br>
  <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/a/10576/125">German locale &amp; English CP language resulting in disappeared entries</a></p>
  
  <p>But to help you with your date problem. It is possible to access most data from
  <a href="https://github.com/pixelandtonic/Craft-Release/tree/master/app/framework/i18n/data" rel="nofollow noreferrer">craft/app/framework/i18n/data/</a> via <code>craft.i18n</code> methods.</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% macro dateFormat(date, locale) %}
      {% set localeData = craft.i18n.getLocaleData(locale|default('de')) %}
      {{
          localeData.getWeekdayName(date|date('w')) ~ ', ' ~
          date|date('j ') ~
          localeData.getMonthName(date|date('m')) ~
          date|date(' Y')
      }}
  {% endmacro %}
  {% import _self as macros %}
  
  {% for locale in ['en', 'es', 'fr', 'de', 'ru', 'nl', 'no'] %}
      &lt;li&gt;{{ macros.dateFormat(now, locale) }}&lt;/li&gt; 
  {% endfor %}
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>If your looking to just replace month or day names you could do something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% set translations = {
      'January': 'janvier', 
      'February': 'février', 
      'March':'mars', 
      'April':'avril'} 
   %}    
  
  {{ entry.postDate|date('d F Y')|replace(translations) }}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>You could add any amount of translations in that object.</p>
  
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Body: <p>How to retrieve the postDate of an entry in a different language than the CP.
  In the general config settings i have the following,</p>
  
  <pre><code>    'defaultCpLanguage' =&gt; 'en'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But i would like to display the dates in the frontend in a different language. As in translated month names. Is this possible?</p>
  
  <p>I tried the following with no result:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    {{ entry.postDate | date("d/F/y", "Europe/Paris") }}
      {{entry.postDate.format("d F y")}} #}
      &lt;span class="date"&gt;{{entry.postDate | date('d F Y')}}&lt;/span&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The format works, but there is no translation.</p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Comments.Text: I came across this post: http://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/1127/is-it-possible-to-output-month-names-in-my-native-language is there a better solution around? or is this the only way? So to summarize you should install craft in your native language and after that set the CP to English?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Jacob
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Comments.Text: I changed the locale in the database as explained in the question above but now my CP is in the same language as the db i thought defaultCpLanguage would override this...this makes no sense
Comments.UserDisplayName: Jacob
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Comments.Text: I don't think I'm following 100%. The language the CP is being displayed in and the locale that is being displayed on the front-end are two separate things. Can you clarify more what you're trying to do?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brad Bell
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Comments.Text: That second parameter you set to "Europe/Paris" in the `date` filter is to set the timezone, NOT the language!
Comments.UserDisplayName: carlcs
Tags: <localization><control-panel><language><postdate>
Title: Output postDate in a different language than CP
ThreadText: # Output postDate in a different language than CP
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-29)
  
  How to retrieve the postDate of an entry in a different language than the CP.
  In the general config settings i have the following,
  
  ```
      'defaultCpLanguage' => 'en'
  
  ```
  
  But i would like to display the dates in the frontend in a different language. As in translated month names. Is this possible?
  
  I tried the following with no result:
  
  ```
      {{ entry.postDate | date("d/F/y", "Europe/Paris") }}
      {{entry.postDate.format("d F y")}} #}
      <span class="date">{{entry.postDate | date('d F Y')}}</span>
  
  ```
  
  The format works, but there is no translation.
  
  **Tags:** localization, control-panel, language, postdate
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I came across this post: http://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/1127/is-it-possible-to-output-month-names-in-my-native-language is there a better solution around? or is this the only way? So to summarize you should install craft in your native language and after that set the CP to English?  
  > **username_0**: I changed the locale in the database as explained in the question above but now my CP is in the same language as the db i thought defaultCpLanguage would override this...this makes no sense  
  > **username_1**: I don't think I'm following 100%. The language the CP is being displayed in and the locale that is being displayed on the front-end are two separate things. Can you clarify more what you're trying to do?  
  > **username_2**: That second parameter you set to "Europe/Paris" in the `date` filter is to set the timezone, NOT the language!  
  
  ---
  
  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-10-29. Score: 2
  
  It looks like you need Craft Pro and even then it's not possible
  to have the CP in a language that is not installed as a front-end locale.
  
  The (new) `defaultCpLanguage` setting doesn't change this. See username_1's
  answers here:  
  [Change system language](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/a/5001/125) +  
  [German locale & English CP language resulting in disappeared entries](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/a/10576/125)
  
  But to help you with your date problem. It is possible to access most data from
  [craft/app/framework/i18n/data/](https://github.com/pixelandtonic/Craft-Release/tree/master/app/framework/i18n/data) via `craft.i18n` methods.
  
  ```
  {% macro dateFormat(date, locale) %}
      {% set localeData = craft.i18n.getLocaleData(locale|default('de')) %}
      {{
          localeData.getWeekdayName(date|date('w')) ~ ', ' ~
          date|date('j ') ~
          localeData.getMonthName(date|date('m')) ~
          date|date(' Y')
      }}
  {% endmacro %}
  {% import _self as macros %}
  
  {% for locale in ['en', 'es', 'fr', 'de', 'ru', 'nl', 'no'] %}
      <li>{{ macros.dateFormat(now, locale) }}</li> 
  {% endfor %}
  
  ```
  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2015-10-29. Score: 1
  
  If your looking to just replace month or day names you could do something like this:
  
  ```
  {% set translations = {
      'January': 'janvier', 
      'February': 'février', 
      'March':'mars', 
      'April':'avril'} 
   %}    
  
  {{ entry.postDate|date('d F Y')|replace(translations) }}
  
  ```
  
  You could add any amount of translations in that object.
  
  
  ---
  
  