The following is a list of all language words and expressions used
to write times and/or dates.
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:
januar
februar
mars
april
mai
juni
juli
august
september
oktober
november
desember
The following abbreviations may be used:
jan
feb
mar
mars
apr
april
mai
jun
juni
jul
juli
aug
sep
okt
nov
des
- 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:
mandag
tirsdag
onsdag
torsdag
fredag
lørdag
loerdag
søndag
soendag
The following abbreviations may be used:
man
ma
tir
ti
ons
on
tor
to
fre
fr
lør
loer
lø
søn
soen
sø
The following short (1-2 characters) abbreviations may be
used:
m
ti
o
to
f
l
s
- 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:
aar
år
å
aa
maaneder
måneder
måned
mnd
maaned
mnd
uker
uke
uk
ukr
u
dager
dag
d
timer
time
t
minutter
minutt
min
m
sekunder
sekund
sek
s
- 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:
FM
EM
- 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:
hver
- 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:
neste
Previous occurrence:
forrige
Last occurrence:
siste
- 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:
siden
om
senere
- 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:
eksakt
cirka
omtrent
The following words may be used to specify a business
delta:
arbeidsdag
arbeidsdager
- Numbers
- Numbers may be spelled out in a variety of ways. The following sets
correspond to the numbers from 1 to 53:
første
foerste
en
andre
to
tredje
tre
fjerde
fire
femte
fem
sjette
seks
syvende
syv
åttende
aattende
åtte
aatte
niende
ni
tiende
ti
ellevte
elleve
tolvte
tolv
trettende
tretten
fjortende
fjorten
femtende
femten
sekstende
seksten
syttende
sytten
attende
atten
nittende
nitten
tjuende
tjue
tjueførste
tjuefoerste
tjueen
tjueandre
tjueto
tjuetredje
tjuetre
tjuefjerde
tjuefire
tjuefemte
tjuefem
tjuesjette
tjueseks
tjuesyvende
tjuesyv
tjueåttende
tjueaattende
tjueåtte
tjueaatte
tjueniende
tjueni
trettiende
tretti
trettiførste
trettifoerste
trettien
trettiandre
trettito
trettitredje
trettitre
trettifjerde
trettifire
trettifemte
trettifem
trettisjette
trettiseks
trettisyvende
trettisyv
trettiåttende
trettiaattende
trettiåtte
trettiaatte
trettiniende
trettini
førtiende
foertiende
førti
foerti
førtiførste
foertifoerste
førtien
foertien
førtiandre
foertiandre
førtito
foertito
førtitredje
foertitredje
førtitre
foertitre
førtifjerde
foertifjerde
førtifire
foertifire
førtifemte
foertifemte
førtifem
foertifem
førtisjette
foertisjette
førtiseks
foertiseks
førtisyvende
foertisyvende
førtisyv
foertisyv
førtiåttende
foertiaattende
førtiåtte
foertiaatte
førtiniende
foertiniende
førtini
foertini
femtiende
femti
femtiførste
femtifoerste
femtien
femtiandre
femtito
femtitredje
femtitre
- 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:
kl
kl.
klokken
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:
første
foerste
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:
på
paa
- 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:
i dag 0:0:0:0:0:0:0
i gaar -0:0:0:1:0:0:0
i går -0:0:0:1:0:0:0
i morgen +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:
midnatt 00:00:00
midt paa dagen 12:00:00
midt på dagen 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:
naa 0:0:0:0:0:0:0
nå 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