localize dates

app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class NotificationsController < ApplicationController
   def index
     @notifications = Notification.find(:all, :conditions => {:recipient_id => current_user.id},
                                        :order => 'updated_at desc', :include => [:target, {:actors => :profile}]).paginate :page => params[:page], :per_page => 25
-    @group_days = @notifications.group_by{|note| note.updated_at.strftime("%B %d") }
+    @group_days = @notifications.group_by{|note| I18n.l(note.updated_at, :format => I18n.t('date.formats.fullmonth_day')) }
     respond_with @notifications
   end
 

app/helpers/people_helper.rb

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ module PeopleHelper
 
   def birthday_format(bday)
     if bday.year == 1000
-      bday.strftime("%B %d")
+      I18n.l bday, :format => I18n.t('date.formats.birthday')
     else
-      bday.strftime("%B %d %Y")
+      I18n.l bday, :format => I18n.t('date.formats.birthday_with_year')
     end
   end
 end

config/locales/diaspora/en.yml

@@ -497,4 +497,8 @@ en:
   pagination:
       next: "Next"
       previous: "Previous"
-
+  date:
+      formats:
+          fullmonth_day: "%B %d"
+          birthday: "%B %d"
+          birthday_with_year: "%B %d %Y"