locale does not work on date but does on strfrtime?

[mech7]

I am setting the locale to dutch, but it does not work on the date function but it does work on strfrtime();

example:

<?php
/** Set locale to dutch **/
if(function_exists('setlocale')){
    setlocale(LC_ALL, 'nl_NL');
}

echo date('l F Y', strtotime('2008-07-08'));
// Output Tuesday July 2008

echo strftime('%A %B %G', strtotime('2008-07-08'));
//  dinsdag juli 2008
?>

Does anybody know what is wrong

[alex.w747]

This behavior is by design.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

To format dates in other languages, you should use the setlocale() and strftime() functions instead of date().

[mech7]

Oh yes overlooked it, why does it always use the english format?

[logic_earth]

Because English is the most common? *shrugs* dunno.