| Date::Manip::Lang::english - English language support. |
Date::Manip::Lang::english - English language support.
This module contains a list of words and expressions supporting the language. It is not intended to be used directly (other Date::Manip modules will load it as needed).
The following is a list of all language words and expressions used to write times and/or dates.
All strings are case insensitive.
The following month names may be used:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
The following abbreviations may be used:
Jan Jan.
Feb Feb.
Mar Mar.
Apr Apr.
May May.
Jun Jun.
Jul Jul.
Aug Aug.
Sep Sept Sep. Sept.
Oct Oct.
Nov Nov.
Dec Dec.
The following day names may be used:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
The following abbreviations may be used:
Mon Mon.
Tue Tues Tue. Tues.
Wed Wed.
Thu Thur Thu. Thur.
Fri Fri.
Sat Sat.
Sun Sun.
The following short (1-2 characters) abbreviations may be used:
M
T
W
Th
F
Sa
S
The names and abbreviations for these fields are:
years y yr year yrs
months m mon month mons
weeks w wk wks week
days d day
hours h hr hrs hour
minutes mn min minute mins
seconds s sec second secs
Morning and afternoon time may be designated by the following sets of words:
AM A.M.
PM P.M.
EACH Monday EVERY Monday EVERY month
The following words may be used:
each every
NEXT week
LAST Tuesday PREVIOUS Tuesday
LAST day of the month
The following words may be used:
Next occurrence:
next following
Previous occurrence:
previous last
Last occurrence:
last final
IN 5 days 5 days AGO
The following words may be used to specify deltas that refer to dates in the past or future respectively:
ago past in the past earlier before now
in later future in the future from now
Previously, it was used to tell whether the delta was approximate or exact, but now this list is not used except to force the delta to be standard.
The following words may be used:
exactly approximately
The following words may be used to specify a business delta:
business
1st first one
2nd second two
3rd third three
4th fourth four
5th fifth five
6th sixth six
7th seventh seven
8th eighth eight
9th ninth nine
10th tenth ten
11th eleventh eleven
12th twelfth twelve
13th thirteenth thirteen
14th fourteenth fourteen
15th fifteenth fifteen
16th sixteenth sixteen
17th seventeenth seventeen
18th eighteenth eighteen
19th nineteenth nineteen
20th twentieth twenty
21st twenty-first twenty-one
22nd twenty-second twenty-two
23rd twenty-third twenty-three
24th twenty-fourth twenty-four
25th twenty-fifth twenty-five
26th twenty-sixth twenty-six
27th twenty-seventh twenty-seven
28th twenty-eighth twenty-eight
29th twenty-ninth twenty-nine
30th thirtieth thirty
31st thirty-first thirty-one
32nd thirty-two thirty-second
33rd thirty-three thirty-third
34th thirty-four thirty-fourth
35th thirty-five thirty-fifth
36th thirty-six thirty-sixth
37th thirty-seven thirty-seventh
38th thirty-eight thirty-eighth
39th thirty-nine thirty-ninth
40th forty fortieth
41st forty-one forty-first
42nd forty-two forty-second
43rd forty-three forty-third
44th forty-four forty-fourth
45th forty-five forty-fifth
46th forty-six forty-sixth
47th forty-seven forty-seventh
48th forty-eight forty-eighth
49th forty-nine forty-ninth
50th fifty fiftieth
51st fifty-one fifty-first
52nd fifty-two fifty-second
53rd fifty-three fifty-third
There is frequently a word that appears in a phrase to designate that a time is going to be specified next. In English, you would use the word AT in the example:
December 3 at 12:00
The following words may be used:
at
Another word is used to designate one member of a set. In English, you would use the words IN or OF:
1st day OF December 1st day IN December
The following words may be used:
of in
Another word is use to specify that something is on a certain date. In English, you would use ON:
ON July 5th
The following words may be used:
on
Words that set the date are similar to the English words 'yesterday' or 'tomorrow'. These are specified as a delta which is added to the current time to get a date. The time is NOT set however, so the delta is only partially used (it should only include year, month, week, and day fields).
The following words may be used:
ereyesterday -0:0:0:2:0:0:0 overmorrow +0:0:0:2:0:0:0 today 0:0:0:0:0:0:0 tomorrow +0:0:0:1:0:0:0 yesterday -0:0:0:1:0:0:0
Words that set only the time of day are similar to the English words 'noon' or 'midnight'.
The following words may be used:
midnight 00:00:00 noon 12:00:00
Words that set the entire time and date (relative to the current time and date) are also available.
In English, the word 'now' is one of these.
The following words may be used:
now 0:0:0:0:0:0:0
Some languages use different pairs. For example, French allows you to specify the time as 13h30:20, so it would use the following pairs:
: : h :
The first column is the hour-minute separator and the second column is the minute-second separator. Both are perl regular expressions. When creating a new translation, be aware that regular expressions with utf-8 characters may be tricky. For example, don't include the expression '[x]' where 'x' is a utf-8 character.
A pair of colons is ALWAYS allowed for all languages. If a language allows additional pairs, they are listed here:
Not defined in this language
The decimal point is ALWAYS allowed for all languages. If a language allows another separator, it is listed here:
Not defined in this language
None known.
Please refer to the the Date::Manip::Problems manpage documentation for information on submitting bug reports or questions to the author.
the Date::Manip manpage - main module documentation
This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org)
| Date::Manip::Lang::english - English language support. |