All strings are case insensitive.
- Month names and abbreviations
- When writing out the name of the month, several different variations may
exist including full names and abbreviations.
The following month names may be used:
Enero
Febrero
Marzo
Abril
Mayo
Junio
Julio
Agosto
Septiembre
Octubre
Noviembre
Diciembre
The following abbreviations may be used:
Ene
Feb
Mar
Abr
May
Jun
Jul
Ago
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dic
- Day names and abbreviations
- When writing out the name of the day, several different variations may
exist including full names and abbreviations.
The following day names may be used:
Lunes
Martes
Miércoles
Miercoles
Jueves
Viernes
Sábado
Sabado
Domingo
The following abbreviations may be used:
Lun
Mar
Mié
Mie
Jue
Vie
Sáb
Sab
Dom
The following short (1-2 characters) abbreviations may be
used:
L
Ma
Mi
J
V
S
D
- Delta field names
- These are the names (and abbreviations) for the fields in a delta. There
are 7 fields: years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds.
The names and abbreviations for these fields are:
anos
a
ano
ano
anos
años
año
meses
m
mes
semanas
sem
semana
dias
d
dia
días
horas
hr
hrs
hora
minutos
min
min
minuto
segundos
s
seg
segundo
- Morning/afternoon times
- This is a list of expressions use to designate morning or afternoon time
when a time is entered as a 12-hour time rather than a 24-hour time. For
example, in English, the time "17:00" could be specified as
"5:00 PM".
Morning and afternoon time may be designated by the following
sets of words:
AM
A.M.
PM
P.M.
- Each or every
- There are a list of words that specify every occurrence of something.
These are used in the following phrases:
EACH Monday
EVERY Monday
EVERY month
The following words may be used:
cada
- Next/Previous/Last occurrence
- There are a list of words that may be used to specify the next, previous,
or last occurrence of something. These words could be used in the
following phrases:
NEXT week
LAST Tuesday
PREVIOUS Tuesday
LAST day of the month
The following words may be used:
Next occurrence:
siguiente
Previous occurrence:
anterior
Last occurrence:
ultimo
último
- Delta words for going forward/backward in time
- When parsing deltas, there are words that may be used to specify the the
delta will refer to a time in the future or to a time in the past
(relative to some date). In English, for example, you might say:
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:
hace
en
later
- Business mode
- This contains two lists of words which can be used to specify a standard
(i.e. non-business) delta or a business delta.
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:
exactamente
aproximadamente
The following words may be used to specify a business
delta:
laborales
- Numbers
- Numbers may be spelled out in a variety of ways. The following sets
correspond to the numbers from 1 to 53:
1o
1a
uno
una
primero
primera
2o
2a
dos
segundo
segunda
3o
3a
tres
tercero
tercera
4o
4a
cuatro
cuarto
cuarta
5o
5a
cinco
quinto
quinta
6o
6a
seis
sexto
sexta
7o
7a
siete
séptimo
séptima
septimo
septima
8o
8a
ocho
octavo
octava
9o
9a
nueve
noveno
novena
10o
10a
diez
décimo
décima
decimo
decima
11o
11a
once
undécimo
undecimo
décimo primero
décimo primera
decimo primero
decimo primera
12o
12a
doce
décimo segundo
décimo segunda
decimo segundo
decimo segunda
13o
13a
trece
décimo tercero
décimo tercera
decimo tercero
decimo tercera
14o
14a
catorce
décimo cuarto
décimo cuarta
decimo cuarto
decimo cuarta
15o
15a
quince
décimo quinto
décimo quinta
decimo quinto
decimo quinta
16o
16a
dieciséis
dieciseis
décimo sexto
décimo sexta
decimo sexto
decimo sexta
17o
17a
diecisiete
décimo séptimo
décimo séptima
decimo septimo
decimo septima
18o
18a
dieciocho
décimo octavo
décimo octava
decimo octavo
decimo octava
19o
19a
diecinueve
décimo noveno
décimo novena
decimo noveno
decimo novena
20o
20a
veinte
vigesimo
vigesima
vigésimo
vigésima
21o
21a
veintiuno
veintiuna
veintiun
vigésimo primero
vigésimo primera
vigesimo primero
vigesimo primera
22o
22a
veintidós
veintidos
vigésimo segundo
vigésimo segunda
vigesimo segundo
vigesimo segunda
23o
23a
veintitrés
veintitres
vigésimo tercero
vigésimo tercera
vigesimo tercero
vigesimo tercera
24o
24a
veinticuatro
vigésimo cuarto
vigésimo cuarta
vigesimo cuarto
vigesimo cuarta
25o
25a
veinticinco
vigésimo quinto
vigésimo quinta
vigesimo quinto
vigesimo quinta
26o
26a
veintiséis
veintiseis
vigésimo sexto
vigésimo sexta
vigesimo sexto
vigesimo sexta
27o
27a
veintisiete
vigésimo séptimo
vigésimo séptima
vigesimo septimo
vigesimo septima
28o
28a
veintiocho
vigésimo octavo
vigésimo octava
vigesimo octavo
vigesimo octava
29o
29a
veintinueve
vigésimo noveno
vigésimo novena
vigesimo noveno
vigesimo novena
30o
30a
treinta
trigésimo
trigésima
trigesimo
trigesima
31o
31a
treinta y uno
treinta y una
trigésimo primero
trigésimo primera
trigesimo primero
trigesimo primera
32o
32a
treinta y dos
trigésimo segundo
trigesimo segundo
trigésimo segunda
trigesimo segunda
33o
33a
treinta y tres
trigésimo tercero
trigesimo tercero
trigésimo tercera
trigesimo tercera
34o
34a
treinta y cuatro
trigésimo cuarto
trigesimo cuarto
trigésimo cuarta
trigesimo cuarta
35o
35a
treinta y cinco
trigésimo quinto
trigesimo quinto
trigésimo quinta
trigesimo quinta
36o
36a
treinta y seis
trigésimo sexto
trigesimo sexto
trigésimo sexta
trigesimo sexta
37o
37a
treinta y siete
trigésimo séptimo
trigesimo septimo
trigésimo séptima
trigesimo septima
38o
38a
treinta y ocho
trigésimo octavo
trigesimo octavo
trigésimo octava
trigesimo octava
39o
39a
treinta y nueve
trigésimo noveno
trigesimo noveno
trigésimo novena
trigesimo novena
40o
40a
cuarenta
cuadragésimo
cuadragesimo
cuadragésima
cuadragesima
41o
41a
cuarenta y uno
cuarenta y una
cuadragésimo primero
cuadragésimo primera
cuadragesimo primero
cuadragesimo primera
42o
42a
cuarenta y dos
cuadragésimo segundo
cuadragesimo segundo
cuadragésimo segunda
cuadragesimo segunda
43o
43a
cuarenta y tres
cuadragésimo tercero
cuadragesimo tercero
cuadragésimo tercera
cuadragesimo tercera
44o
44a
cuarenta y cuatro
cuadragésimo cuarto
cuadragesimo cuarto
cuadragésimo cuarta
cuadragesimo cuarta
45o
45a
cuarenta y cinco
cuadragésimo quinto
cuadragesimo quinto
cuadragésimo quinta
cuadragesimo quinta
46o
46a
cuarenta y seis
cuadragésimo sexto
cuadragesimo sexto
cuadragésimo sexta
cuadragesimo sexta
47o
47a
cuarenta y siete
cuadragésimo séptimo
cuadragesimo septimo
cuadragésimo séptima
cuadragesimo septima
48o
48a
cuarenta y ocho
cuadragésimo octavo
cuadragesimo octavo
cuadragésimo octava
cuadragesimo octava
49o
49a
cuarenta y nueve
cuadragésimo noveno
cuadragesimo noveno
cuadragésimo novena
cuadragesimo novena
50o
50a
cincuenta
quincuagésimo
quincuagésima
quincuagesimo
quincuagesima
51o
51a
cincuenta y uno
cincuenta y una
quincuagésimo primero
quincuagésimo primera
quincuagesimo primero
quincuagesimo primera
52o
52a
cincuenta y dos
quincuagésimo segundo
quincuagesimo segundo
quincuagésimo segunda
quincuagesimo segunda
53o
53a
cincuenta y tres
quincuagésimo tercero
quincuagesimo tercero
quincuagésimo tercera
quincuagesimo tercera
- Ignored words
- In writing out dates in common forms, there are a number of words that are
typically not important.
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:
a
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:
en
de
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:
el
- Words that set the date, time, or both
- There are some words that can be used to specify a date, a time, or both
relative to now.
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:
Hoy 0:0:0:0:0:0:0
ayer -0:0:0:1:0:0:0
manana +0:0:0:1:0:0:0
mañana +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:
medianoche 00:00:00
mediodia 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:
Ahora 0:0:0:0:0:0:0
- Hour/Minute/Second separators
- When specifying the time of day, the most common separator is a colon (:)
which can be used for both separators.
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
- Fractional second separator
- When specifying fractional seconds, the most common way is to use a
decimal point (.). Some languages may specify a different separator that
might be used. If this is done, it is a regular expression.
The decimal point is ALWAYS allowed for all languages. If a
language allows another separator, it is listed here:
Not defined in this language