# Date format for summary emails is incorrect in Portuguese

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-format-for-summary-emails-is-incorrect-in-portuguese/113468
**Category:** Translations
**Created:** [4 באפריל,‏ 2019,‏ 7:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-format-for-summary-emails-is-incorrect-in-portuguese/113468 "2019-04-04T19:18:58Z")
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### Author: ![plipsqueek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@plipsqueek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/plipsqueek)
#### Post date: [4 באפריל,‏ 2019,‏ 7:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-format-for-summary-emails-is-incorrect-in-portuguese/113468/1 "2019-04-04T19:18:59Z")

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Here is an example of how I receive an email from my Portuguese translated Discourse website:

 ![19](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/4/24a2777c480e17df73b7c2b412698aa20965b55c.png)

The date format is `<month> <day>`, yet in Portugal we would use `<day> <month>`. In the admin menu I’ve searched for every date format I can find and switched them all to `<day> <month>` and the email doesn’t change.

In the body of the email, more specifically in the list of popular posts, another occurence of this can be seen:

 ![11](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/a/5a3d3040aba43ec79aff8ca1c01a2e23d21ec0b6.png)

The date (bottom right corner) is again in `<month> <day>` format.

Are there other date format settings specifically for email templates which I am not aware of?

Thank you.

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### Author: ![neemiasvf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neemiasvf/32/197028_2.png) [@neemiasvf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neemiasvf)
#### Post date: [4 באפריל,‏ 2019,‏ 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-format-for-summary-emails-is-incorrect-in-portuguese/113468/2 "2019-04-04T21:26:54Z")

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You can take a look at the translations, change and review them here:

[https://www.transifex.com/discourse/discourse-org/translate/#pt\_PT/core-server-yml/140677700](https://www.transifex.com/discourse/discourse-org/translate/#pt_PT/core-server-yml/140677700)

Just find the ones related to dates and correct them. 😉

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### Author: ![plipsqueek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@plipsqueek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/plipsqueek)
#### Post date: [5 באפריל,‏ 2019,‏ 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-format-for-summary-emails-is-incorrect-in-portuguese/113468/3 "2019-04-05T14:31:36Z")

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I have been making translations on my own Discourse (overriding the string value in the admin menu), checking if they appear correctly and then I submit changes on Transifex. I can tell you I have already submited a few 🙂

Are there strings to be translated in the Transifex project that cannot be overwritten in the admin menu?

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### Author: ![neemiasvf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neemiasvf/32/197028_2.png) [@neemiasvf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neemiasvf)
#### Post date: [5 באפריל,‏ 2019,‏ 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-format-for-summary-emails-is-incorrect-in-portuguese/113468/4 "2019-04-05T18:44:10Z")

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Yes. Basically everything. The admin panel itself and all settings are not translatable. Only on Transifex.

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [5 באפריל,‏ 2019,‏ 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-format-for-summary-emails-is-incorrect-in-portuguese/113468/5 "2019-04-05T18:45:59Z")

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That is false. The admin panel text customization uses our translation system to work. They work on the same corpus of strings.

Of course, putting those in Transifex benefits all of us Portuguese speakers, so it’s better for the project.

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### Author: ![neemiasvf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neemiasvf/32/197028_2.png) [@neemiasvf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neemiasvf)
#### Post date: [5 באפריל,‏ 2019,‏ 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-format-for-summary-emails-is-incorrect-in-portuguese/113468/6 "2019-04-05T18:48:21Z")

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Yeah, but you can’t translate site settings directly in your Discourse instance. It has to be through Transifex, right?

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [5 באפריל,‏ 2019,‏ 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-format-for-summary-emails-is-incorrect-in-portuguese/113468/7 "2019-04-05T18:49:51Z")

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> [@neemiasvf](#):
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> Yeah, but you can’t translate site settings directly in your Discourse instance. It has to be through Transifex, right?

What do you mean by translating a site setting?

The setting key is immutable, and can’t be translated. Allowing that is akin to the disaster of translated function names in MS Excel.

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### Author: ![neemiasvf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neemiasvf/32/197028_2.png) [@neemiasvf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neemiasvf)
#### Post date: [5 באפריל,‏ 2019,‏ 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-format-for-summary-emails-is-incorrect-in-portuguese/113468/8 "2019-04-05T22:34:06Z")

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I’m talking about translating the actual text “A valid group name to be invited to all automated messages.” from the site setting “site contact group name”, for example. As far as I know, you can only translate that in Transifex, right?

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### Author: ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [5 באפריל,‏ 2019,‏ 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-format-for-summary-emails-is-incorrect-in-portuguese/113468/9 "2019-04-05T22:43:26Z")

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Every string available on Transifex is also available in Admin → Customize Text. For example, the site setting you mentioned can be found by searching for `site_contact_group_name`.

Of course it’s always better to translate on Transifex. That way everyone benefits from your work.

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### Author: ![neemiasvf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neemiasvf/32/197028_2.png) [@neemiasvf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neemiasvf)
#### Post date: [5 באפריל,‏ 2019,‏ 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-format-for-summary-emails-is-incorrect-in-portuguese/113468/10 "2019-04-05T23:24:00Z")

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That’s exactly what I was unsure about. Thanks for the clarification! 🙂
