gettext localization is not working

Question

I'm trying to translate the post date using __() function. But it is not working. The post date still displayed in English.

What are you the other options to localize the post date(posted-on).

 printf(__('<span class="posted-on"><a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> %3$s</a></span>', 'colormag'), esc_url(get_permalink()), esc_attr(get_the_time()), $time_string
            );

Answer 1

It depends how and where you use this string. Possibly, you have to localize the date according to the site settings:

<?php

$date_format = get_option( 'date_format' );

$timestamp = strtotime( get_the_time() );

$localized_date = date_i18n( $date_format, $timestamp );