What are the potential pitfalls of using hardcoded month and weekday names in PHP scripts?

Hardcoding month and weekday names in PHP scripts can lead to issues when the script needs to be translated or if the names need to be updated. To avoid this, it's better to use PHP's built-in functions like date() or strftime() to dynamically retrieve month and weekday names based on the current locale settings. 

// Using PHP's built-in functions to dynamically retrieve month and weekday names
$month = date('F'); // Retrieves the full month name
$weekday = date('l'); // Retrieves the full weekday name

echo "Today is $weekday, $month";

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