<?php /************************************************************************** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. @Authors: Ryan Thompson(hide@address.com) ***************************************************************************/ ?> The locale preferences for a user allow a user to specify exactly how they want information to appear on the page (currently limited support). This includes the date. Each locale has a general format for regular dates, short dates, and times. The locale preferences allows a person to specify exactly how they would like it to appear. This involves specifying letters for data pieces. O uses the PHP date and time information for specifying dates. Therefore, until the help system is up and running, please refer to the <a href="http://www.php.net">PHP Manual</a> for information on the date() function.