I have translations downloaded from https://github.com/svenfuchs/rails-i18n Things like I18n.l(Time.now, :format => :long) works fine. It returns ''30 août 2011'' for example if I set I18n.locale = :fr. My problem is as follows. I have a date with a french month name like ''30 août 2011''. ''30 août 2011''.to_time does not work. I have to translate ''août'' to english first using the en.yml file (I have a translation ''août: aug'' in it), so I get ''30 aug 2011''. ''30 aug 2011''.to_time works just fine. In this way I can solve my own problem, but it looks ugly to me to create a translation ''août: aug'' in the en.yml file while I already have the right month names in the fr.yml file. Anyone who knows a better solution? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.