Actually, after looking at the code ... The page is set as dutch, and when a reverse translation is run, 'mars' returns as 'march' ... I think the date is in mistranslated dutch, not french. I believe the correct translation would be 'Maart', 'mars' meaning a type of walking instead of a month of the year. ----- Original Message ----- > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:23:26 -0700 (PDT) > From: David Nijsens <dn2113@yahoo.com> > Subject: [FreeHelp] Last modified date's language > To: Freepages-Help@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <588085.52797.qm@web65903.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hello, > > My operating system (Win XP) isn't French speaking. > Nowhere as far as I can see, do I indicate the page is in French. > Yet, at the bottom, just above the Ancestry banner, the month of the last > modified date is in French. > > <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B %Y" > --> > > Yes, I know I could copy from somewhere a (lenghty) script that winkles > the month out of the last modified date and replaces it with the word in > English or even... in the same language as the page.? But there is no > substitute for understanding things and I would prefer not to have to use > that sort of scripting tricks even if that script doesn't always come up > with today's date. > > Here are two pages that may serve as examples: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~noemeetjesland/b_ii_a_judocus.htm > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~noemeetjesland/in_dutch/b_ii_a_judocus.htm > The month of the last modified date is in French.? Why ? > Thank you for your help. > All the best, > DN. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 08:48:54 -0500 > From: lrlaskey <lrlaskey@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Last modified date's language > To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <4D8F4046.40803@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > David, > > I have no explanation for the French version of the modification date > but I will guess that the server your site is on may be configured > incorrectly. Since Rootsweb uses the Apache Server Program, you can take > advantage of it by using the following Apache server code to display the > last date a page was modified. > > Revised: <!--#config timefmt="%B %d, %Y" --><!--#echo > var="LAST_MODIFIED" --> > > I don't know whether you are using "includes" files or not, could not > tell from your sites, but a more efficient use of this code would be to > place it into a "footer" include file. > > <!--#include virtual="footer.txt" --> > > See my site, or others on this list, for more info. > > http://www.serversideincludes.net/uses/date_mod.shtml > > Lorrie > > > > > > On 03/27/11 08:23, David Nijsens wrote: >> Hello, >> >> My operating system (Win XP) isn't French speaking. >> Nowhere as far as I can see, do I indicate the page is in French. >> Yet, at the bottom, just above the Ancestry banner, the month of the last >> modified date is in French. >> >> <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B %Y" >> --> >> >> Yes, I know I could copy from somewhere a (lenghty) script that winkles >> the month out of the last modified date and replaces it with the word in >> English or even... in the same language as the page. But there is no >> substitute for understanding things and I would prefer not to have to use >> that sort of scripting tricks even if that script doesn't always come up >> with today's date. >> >> Here are two pages that may serve as examples: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~noemeetjesland/b_ii_a_judocus.htm >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~noemeetjesland/in_dutch/b_ii_a_judocus.htm >> The month of the last modified date is in French. Why ? >> Thank you for your help. >> All the best, >> DN. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:18:15 +1300 > From: "Barry Carlson" <barrycarls@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Last modified date's language > To: "David Nijsens" <dn2113@yahoo.com>, <Freepages-Help@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <E590CF71A99946F2A6B52C8FFF325BEA@BERT> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > On Monday, March 28, 2011 2:23 AM (UTC+13) > David Nijsens wrote in part:- > > Here are two pages that may serve as examples: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~noemeetjesland/b_ii_a_judocus.htm > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~noemeetjesland/in_dutch/b_ii_a_judocus.htm > The month of the last modified date is in French. Why ? > ----------- > David, > > A cursory look at the code behind your page leads me to suspect you are > using a version of Frontpage. May I suggest that you check the programme's > set-up to ensure that all default settings are in English, as that seems > where the problem resides. > > Barry >