How to localize dates and times

Dates and times are commonly found in many websites and mobile apps, and the localization of dates varies from language to language. To solve this problem, there are a number of external libraries that you can use to convert and localize dates to formats used in other languages.

External Libraries for Localizing Dates/Times

Here are a few examples of external libraries you can use:

• Moment.js
• Luxon
• date-fns
• Globalize.js

Tell Localize about your converted dates/times

After you've implemented the localization of dates/times in your website or app, the next step is to tell Localize to ignore those dates/times that it finds in your content.

Here are a few methods that you can use, depending on your situation:

• Define variables in your phrases
• Add <var> tags to your HTML
• Use the Block CSS Classes and IDs feature
• Add a notranslate attribute
• Add an ignore attribute