function eme_localised_date($mydate,$date_format='') {
global $eme_date_format, $eme_timezone;
if (empty($date_format))
$date_format = $eme_date_format;
// $mydate contains the timezone, but in case it doesn't we provide it
$eme_date_obj = new ExpressiveDate($mydate,$eme_timezone);
// Currently in the backend, the timezone is UTC, but maybe that changes in future wp versions
// so we search for the current timezone using date_default_timezone_get
// Since DateTime::format doesn't respect the locale, we use date_i18n here
// but date_i18n uses the WP backend timezone, so we need to account for the timezone difference
// All this because we don't want to use date_default_timezone_set() and wp doesn't set the backend
// timezone correctly ...
$wp_date = new ExpressiveDate($eme_date_obj->getDateTime(),date_default_timezone_get());
$tz_diff=$eme_date_obj->getOffset()-$wp_date->getOffset();
$result = date_i18n($date_format, $eme_date_obj->getTimestamp()+$tz_diff);
return $result;
}
