How can PHP developers ensure that date formatting functions do not conflict with locale settings?

When formatting dates in PHP, developers should explicitly set the desired locale for date formatting functions to ensure they do not conflict with system locale settings. This can be achieved by using the setlocale function to specify the desired locale before calling date formatting functions. 

// Set the desired locale for date formatting
setlocale(LC_TIME, 'en_US.UTF-8');

// Format the current date using the specified locale
echo strftime('%A, %B %d, %Y');

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