Convert strtotime() to StrFTime()

I was asked to write a module for our billing system and completed it using all of the functions I am accustomed to. It was tested on an English setup, but I did not take into account (nor was I aware of) the fact the actual system our company uses is French.

The code that I wrote is...

$due_date = strtotime($next_due_date);
$today = date('Y-m-d');
$today_date = strtotime($today);

if ($due_date > $today_date) {

However I am unfamiliar with StrFTime and wondering how I can use it to get this code to work for French locale?

Made an simple and quick example. Hope this helps

<?php
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'fra_fra');

$today = date('Y-m-d');
$date_string = utf8_encode(strftime('%d %B %Y', strtotime($today)));
echo $date_string;
?>

First you should use `setlocale`

setlocale(LC_TIME, "fr_FR");

Second, For compare date as string or int you should still use `strtotime` and not `strftime`. (or you can use always string in format `YYYY-mm-dd`

`strftime` is only for to represent date as string.
If you want store it, or to manipulate it, you should use a standard format and not localized. See [doc][1]

>To avoid potential ambiguity, it's best to use ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD) dates or DateTime::createFromFormat() when possible.

So a possible code

//$next_due_date must be in a standard format like YYYY-mm-dd (but not only)
$due_date = strtotime($next_due_date);
$today_date = time();

if ($due_date > $today_date) {
echo strftime("%c",$due_date) . " is in the future";
}


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