I basically need to change the date format to german date format all over the WordPress site and I succeed it by changing the date time settings from the WordPress admin panel.
Settings » General :
Date Format – Custom : j. F Y
eg : 5. July 2016
However I need to change the month names to german as well.
eg : 5. Juli 2016
How should I do that ?
WordPress has a special function for translating dates, called date_i18n. General usage:
echo date_i18n( $dateformatstring, $unixtimestamp, $gmt);
Supposing you have German as your site’s language this would be:
echo date_i18n( 'j. F Y', false, false);
You can also import the time format from the admin settings, like this:
echo date_i18n(get_option('date_format'), false, false);