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if ($this->item->params->get('show_create_date')) {
	$day_first = false;
	list($day, $month, $year) = explode(' ', date('j M Y', strtotime($this->item->created)));

	echo '
	<table width="100%" class="blog_view">
		<tr>
			<td width="1%" valign="top">
				<div class="blogdate">
';

	if ($day_first) 
		echo '
					<div class="day">' . $day . '</div>
					<div class="month">' . JText::_($month). '</div>
';
	else
		echo '
					<div class="month">' . JText::_($month). '</div>
					<div class="day">' . $day . '</div>
';

	echo '
					<div class="year">' . JText::_($year). '</div>
				</div>
			</td>
			<td>
';
}


$elements = array();

<?php 
setlocale (LC_ALL, 'russian', 'ru', 'rus');
if ($this->item->params->get('show_create_date')) {
	$day_first = false;
	list($day, $month, $year) = explode(' ', date('j M Y', strtotime($this->item->created)));

	echo '
	<table width="100%" class="blog_view">
		<tr>
			<td width="1%" valign="top">
				<div class="blogdate">
';

	if ($day_first) 
		echo '
					<div class="day">' . $day . '</div>
					<div class="month">' . strftime("%b"). '</div>
';
	else
		echo '
					<div class="month">' . strftime("%b"). '</div>
					<div class="day">' . $day . '</div>
';

	echo '
					<div class="year">' . JText::_($year). '</div>
				</div>
			</td>
			<td>
';
}

header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');

defined( '_JEXEC' ) or die( 'Restricted access' );
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
require_once(dirname(__FILE__). '/template.inc.php');
global $tpl;

setlocale (LC_TIME, 'ru-RU', 'ru-RU.utf8');

$youData = new Jdate;
echo $youData->monthToString(8,true);

<?php 

if ($this->item->params->get('show_create_date')) {
	$day_first = false;
	list($day, $month, $year) = explode(' ', date('j M Y', strtotime($this->item->created)));
$youData = new Jdate;
	echo '
	<table width="100%" class="blog_view">
		<tr>
			<td width="1%" valign="top">
				<div class="blogdate">
';

	if ($day_first) 
		echo '
					<div class="day">' . $day . '</div>
					<div class="month">' . $youData->monthToString(8,true). '</div>
';
	else
		echo '
					<div class="month">' . $youData->monthToString(8,true). '</div>
					<div class="day">' . $day . '</div>
';

	echo '
					<div class="year">' . JText::_($year). '</div>
				</div>
			</td>
			<td>
';
}

$youData->monthToString(8,true)

echo $youData->monthToString($month);
echo $youData->monthToString($month, true);

var_dump($month); //что выводит
echo JHtml::date($this->item->created , '%b');  //что выводит

var_dump($month); //этот выводит string(3) "Aug"
echo JHtml::date($this->item->created , '%b');  //этот выводит %b

<?php

if ($this->item->params->get('show_create_date')) {
	$day_first = false;	
	list($day, $month, $year) = explode(' ', date('j M Y', strtotime($this->item->created)));
$youData = new Jdate;
	echo '
	<table width="100%" class="blog_view">
		<tr>
			<td width="1%" valign="top">
				<div class="blogdate">
';

	if ($day_first) 
		echo '
					<div class="day">' . $day . '</div>
					<div class="month">' . $youData->monthToString((int)$month, true). '</div>
';
	else
		echo '
					<div class="month">' . $youData->monthToString((int)$month, true). '</div>
					<div class="day">' . $day . '</div>
';

	echo '
					<div class="year">' . JText::_($year). '</div>
				</div>
			</td>
			<td>
';
}