The "ar-SA" locale uses Hijri calendar month names instead of Gregorian calendar month names

[Garee]

Reproduction of the problem

• Use the "ar-SA" locale.
• Use the Kendo DateTimePicker widget.
• Select the date 31/03/2021.

Current behavior

• The month name is displayed as "ربيع الأول" (Rabi` al-Awwal.) This is the Hijri calendar month.
• There are no months with 31 days in the Hijri calendar.

Expected/desired behavior

The month name should be "مارس" (March.) This is the Gregorian calendar name.

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2020.2.513
• jQuery version: 3.5.1
• Browser: all

Notes

I think the translations require an update in https://github.com/telerik/kendo-ui-core/blob/master/src/cultures/kendo.culture.ar-SA.js.

Thanks.

[dmanova]

Hi @Garee ,

Indeed, the DateTimePicker, DatePicker, and Calendar components support just the layout of a Gregorian calendar. So the corresponding months have 31 days. At the moment we have no future plans to develop a DateTimePicker that supports a Hijri (Persian) type of calendar.

As it comes to the translation any contribution is welcome. You may find more information here: https://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/globalization/localization#contribution

Also, I've noticed a few external implementations of the Persian calendar on top of Kendo date pickers are available on the internet.

And another approach that you could try is using the template to render in a different way the cells in the month view, here is the API : https://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/datetimepicker/configuration/month#monthcontent