The 'precision' option of a value is used to truncate or stretch extra digits. A value
of '-1' disables modification of the number of digits in the fractional part of the
value. The 'locale' option helps when parsing numbers and dates using separators and
month names. The date format 'format_type' option selects between
CLDR/ISO date format specifier tokens and PHP's
date() tokens. The 'fix_date' option enables or disables heuristics that attempt to
correct invalid dates. The 'number_format' option specifies a default number format for
use with toNumber() (see this section).
The 'date_format' option can be used to specify a default date format string, but beware of using getDate(), checkdateFormat() and getTime() after using setOptions() with a 'date_format'. To use these four methods with the default date format for a locale, use array('date_format' => null, 'locale' => $locale) for their options.
Example 530. Dates default to correct locale of web users
<?php
Zend_Locale_Format::setOptions(array('locale' => 'en_US',
'fix_date' => true,
'format_type' => 'php'));
For working with the standard definitions of a locale the option
Zend_Locale_Format::STANDARD can be used. Setting the option
Zend_Locale_Format::STANDARD for date_format
uses the standard definitions from the actual set locale. Setting it for
number_format uses the standard number format for this locale.
And setting it for locale uses the standard locale for this environment or browser.
Example 531. Using STANDARD definitions for setOptions()
<?php
Zend_Locale_Format::setOptions(array('locale' => 'en_US',
'date_format' => 'dd.MMMM.YYYY'));
// overriding the global set date format
$date = Zend_Locale_Format::getDate('2007-04-20',
array('date_format' =>
Zend_Locale_Format::STANDARD);
// global setting of the standard locale
Zend_Locale_Format::setOptions(array('locale' => Zend_Locale_Format::STANDARD,
'date_format' => 'dd.MMMM.YYYY'));