[solved] CGCalendar: 3-letter month names

[Cerulean]

I'm working on my first project using CGCalendar.

Looking at one of the sample templates I see...

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{assign var=month_number value=$event.event_date_start|date_format:"%m"}
{$month_names[$month_number]}

If I want my event start date formatted with 3-letter months (Jan, Feb, etc), do I have to create my own Smarty array of custom month names and get the name from the array using the month number?

Not a problem if so, just wanting to check that there's not an easier way using date_format or something...

[Cerulean]

I guess I can just do...

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{$month_names[$month_number]|truncate:3:""}

I thought that maybe the event start date would be passed as a time stamp that could be formatted to a 3-letter month, but it looks like the Smarty date_format modifier doesn't include a short month format: http://www.smarty.net/docs/en/language. ... format.tpl
It seems "%M" is "minute as a decimal number", which is strange because in the PHP date_format function "M" is "A short textual representation of a month (three letters)".

[Jo Morg]

%b - abbreviated month name according to the current locale

In PHP as in Smarty... Check also cms_date_format modifier.

ps: note that this comes from the standard strftime parameters, not the PHP date_format function.

[Cerulean]

Right you are, thanks.

{$event.event_date_start|date_format:"%b"} gives a 3-letter month.

Confusing how the PHP strftime and date_format functions use some of the same character codes but for different date formats.