# How to localize the output of the formatDate function (day of the week & month)

**URL:** https://community.make.com/t/how-to-localize-the-output-of-the-formatdate-function-day-of-the-week-month/5200
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** [November 23, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-localize-the-output-of-the-formatdate-function-day-of-the-week-month/5200 "2022-11-23T18:16:56Z")
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### Author: ![karacubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@karacubus](https://community.make.com/u/karacubus)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-localize-the-output-of-the-formatdate-function-day-of-the-week-month/5200/1 "2022-11-23T18:16:56Z")

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Then i use  
`formatDate(start; "ddd DD MMM YYYY HH:mm")`

I get  
`Mon 19 Jun 2023 19:00`

How can i get date in other language?  
Something like in French:  
`lun. 19 juin 2023 19:00`

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### Author: ![SebastianMertens](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/sebastianmertens/32/4439_2.png) [@SebastianMertens](https://community.make.com/u/SebastianMertens)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-localize-the-output-of-the-formatdate-function-day-of-the-week-month/5200/2 "2022-11-23T20:28:31Z")

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> [@karacubus](#):
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> Mon 19 Jun 2023 19:00

Thanks for asking I think this is more of a feature request for our ISO module.

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/2X/f/f078d561ea187896907367ac76bd8968af0119d1.png)

Please post this here: [https://make.canny.io/](https://make.canny.io/) so everyone can vote on it.

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### Author: ![jphorn](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/jphorn/32/5297_2.png) [@jphorn](https://community.make.com/u/jphorn)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-localize-the-output-of-the-formatdate-function-day-of-the-week-month/5200/3 "2022-12-16T21:28:11Z")

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I was struggling with this as well since I needed the same function to localise dates to Dutch. I have found a way to do this now, but hopefully this will be a (simpler) standard feature via the ISO module in the future.

In attached blueprint (use Import \> Blueprint) you’ll see three modules: the first Switcher module (_Tools \> Transformers \> Switch_) is for localising month names from English to Dutch. Please adapt to your chosen language. The next Switcher module is for localising day names. The last module (_Compose a String_) transforms all the different date parts in my preferred localised date format, which is: `<day name> <day number> <month name> <year>`. Feel free to modify all parts to your liking.

[localized\_dates.json](https://community.make.com/uploads/short-url/kwFYDBYdnxvBjzvXrFEYyevlYlt.json) (9.0 KB)

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#### Post date: [September 7, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-localize-the-output-of-the-formatdate-function-day-of-the-week-month/5200/4 "2023-09-07T15:13:20Z")

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