# Month, Day etc. names in other languages other than English

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/month-day-etc-names-in-other-languages-other-than-english/145799>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 14, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/month-day-etc-names-in-other-languages-other-than-english/145799 "2008-08-14T02:20:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Diego](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f04885/32.png) [@Diego](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Diego)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/month-day-etc-names-in-other-languages-other-than-english/145799/1 "2008-08-14T02:20:06Z")

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Hi all,

I was wondering if it was possible to internationalize the constant  
month and day names, used by DateTime class (for example), in to  
something other than English? Using gettext I am able to  
internationalize most of the application. But in some cases where I  
take something like a DateTime and represent it with a string, I see  
the English names for days and months.

Cheers,  
Diego