PHP local date notations - This simple class is an example on how-to create an object for simple tasks like a date notation. Sure there are many ways to handle your local date notations, but this "mini class" is a great example to learn how a class works. This class has methods for week day and month name translations.

PHP-local-date-notations.php

<?php
class local_date {

    private $week_day;
    private $day;
    private $month;
    private $year;

    public function __construct() { 
        $this->week_day = date("l");
        $this->day = date("j");
        $this->month = date("n");
        $this->year = date("Y");
    }
    //translate in your local language
    public function get_day() {
        $nl_day = array("Monday" => "Maandag", "Tuesday" => "Dinsdag", "Wednesday" => "Woensdag", "Thursday" => "Donderdag", "Friday" => "Vrijdag", "Saturday" => "Zaterdag", "Sunday" => "Zondag");
        return $nl_day[$this->week_day];
    }
    public function get_month() {
        $nl_month = array("1" => "januari", "februari", "maart", "april", "mei", "juni", "juli", "augustus", "september", "october", "november", "december");
        return $nl_month[$this->month];
    }
    public function build_date() {
        $long_date = $this->day." ".$this->get_month()." ".$this->year;
        return $long_date;
    }
}
// How to use?
$my_date = new local_date();
echo $my_date->get_day().", ".$my_date->build_date();