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• Started 3 years ago by andersson
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Extending BB_Locale

1. • 
   • andersson
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   • Posted 3 years ago #

   Is there a way to extend BB_Locale?

   Today, BB_Locale calls init and that's that. No hooks/event handling at all, as far as I can tell.

   In method init, among other things, the following loads:

   $this->datetime_formatstring['datetime'] = __('F j, Y - h:i A');
$this->datetime_formatstring['date'] = __('F j, Y');
$this->datetime_formatstring['time'] = __('h:i A');

   The Question
   What if anything can I do if I want to have a datetime_formatstring['special-date'] = __('Y F j - h'); added to BB_Locale. I'm using the three existing formats as listed above already and I want to add a fourth alternative without adding a row in core BB-files.

   Just to be clear, I want to be able to do this:

   _e("Today's date, formatted in a special way is:") . bb_datetime_format_i18n( bb_current_time(), 'special-date' );

   Am I missing something obvious here or is the only solution right now to modify the locale.php file?

   Appreciate the help.
2. • 
   • andersson
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   • Posted 3 years ago #

   Well, just to tell anyone who - in the future - might be stuck on the same or a similar problem.

   I went with the following workaround:

   Find a hook (action/filter) that gets called early in the process like bb_location.
   Define a filter function for it.
   In that function, add the following peace of code.

   global $bb_locale;
   $bb_locale->datetime_formatstring['MY_TIME_FORMAT'] = __('j M, Y');

   Obviously, you can call your time format something else.

   Not the prettiest of solutions, but it works and I get to keep my bb_press installation free of code that I'll surely forget to update.

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