NAME

Date::Manip::Lang::german - German language support.

SYNOPSIS

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).

LANGUAGE EXPRESSIONS

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   Jänner   Februar   März   Marz   Maerz   April   Mai   Juni   Juli   August   September   Oktober   November   Dezember    

The following abbreviations may be used:

   Jän   Jan   Feb   Mär   Mar   Apr   Mai   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Okt   Nov   Dez    

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:

   Montag   Dienstag   Mittwoch   Donnerstag   Freitag   Samstag   Sonnabend   Sonntag    

The following abbreviations may be used:

   Mo   Mo.   Di   Di.   Mi   Mi.   Do   Do.   Fr   Fr.   Sa   Sa.   So   So.    

The following short (1-2 characters) abbreviations may be used:

   M   Di   Mi   Do   F   Sa   So    

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:

   Jahren   j   Jahr   Jahre   Monaten   m   Monat   Monate   Wochen   w   Woche   Tagen   t   Tag   Tage   Stunden   h   std   Stunde   Minuten   min   Minute   Sekunden   s   sek   Sekunde    

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   vorm.   EM   nachm.    

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:

   jeden    

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:

   nachsten   nächsten   nachste   nächste    

Previous occurrence:

   vorherigen   vorherige   letzte   letzten    

Last occurrence:

   letzten   letzte    

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:

   vor   vorigen   vorherigen   vorherige   in   spater   später    

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:

   genau   ungefahr   ungefähr    

The following words may be used to specify a business delta:

   Arbeitstag   Arbeits    

Numbers

Numbers may be spelled out in a variety of ways. The following sets correspond to the numbers from 1 to 53:

   1.   erste   erster   eins   2.   zweite   zwei   zweiter   3.   dritte   drei   dritter   4.   vierte   vier   5.   funfte   fünfte   fünf   fünfter   funf   funfter   6.   sechste   sechs   sechster   7.   siebente   siebte   sieben   siebter   8.   achte   achten   9.   neunte   neun   neunten   10.   zehnte   zehn   zehnten   11.   elfte   elf   12.   zwolfte   zwölfte   zwölf   zwölften   zwolf   zwolften   13.   dreizehnte   dreizehn   14.   vierzehnte   vierzehn   15.   funfzehnte   fünfzehnte   fünfzehn   fünfzehnten   funfzehn   funfzehnten   16.   sechzehnte   sechzehn   17.   siebzehnte   siebzehn   18.   achtzehnte   achtzehn   19.   neunzehnte   neunzehn   20.   zwanzigste   zwanzig   zwanzigsten   21.   einundzwanzigste   einundzwanzigsten   22.   zweiundzwanzigste   zweiundzwanzigsten   23.   dreiundzwanzigste   dreiundzwanzigsten   24.   vierundzwanzigste   vierundzwanzigsten   25.   funfundzwanzigste   fünfundzwanzigste   fünfundzwanzigsten   funfundzwanzigsten   26.   sechsundzwanzigste   sechsundzwanzigsten   27.   siebenundzwanzigste   siebenundzwanzigsten   28.   achtundzwanzigste   achtundzwanzigsten   29.   neunundzwanzigste   neunundzwanzigsten   30.   dreibigste   dreißigste   dreißig   dreißigsten   dreibig   dreibigsten   31.   einunddreibigste   einunddreißigste   einunddreißig   einunddreißigsten   einunddreibig   einunddreibigsten   32.   zweiunddreißig   zweiunddreißigste   zweiunddreibig   zweiunddreibigste   33.   dreiunddreißig   dreiunddreißigsten   dreiunddreibig   dreiunddreibigsten   34.   vierunddreißig   vierunddreißigste   vierunddreibig   vierunddreibigste   35.   fünfunddreißig   fünfunddreißigste   funfunddreibig   funfunddreibigste   36.   sechsunddreißig   sechsunddreißigste   sechsunddreibig   sechsunddreibigste   37.   siebenunddreißig   siebenunddreißigsten   siebenunddreibig   siebenunddreibigsten   38.   achtunddreißig   achtunddreißigsten   achtunddreibig   achtunddreibigsten   39.   neununddreißig   neununddreißigsten   neununddreibig   neununddreibigsten   40.   vierzig   vierzigsten   41.   einundvierzig   einundvierzigsten   42.   zweiundvierzig   zweiundvierzigsten   43.   dreiundvierzig   dreiundvierzigsten   44.   vierundvierzig   vierundvierzigsten   45.   fünfundvierzig   fünfundvierzigsten   funfundvierzig   funfundvierzigsten   46.   sechsundvierzig   sechsundvierzigsten   47.   siebenundvierzig   siebenundvierzigste   47.   siebenundvierzig   siebenundvierzigste   49.   neunundvierzig   neunundvierzigsten   50.   fünfzig   fünfzigsten   funfzig   funfzigsten   51.   einundfünfzig   einundfünfzigsten   einundfunfzig   einundfunfzigsten   52.   zweiundfünfzig   zweiundfünfzigsten   zweiundfunfzig   zweiundfunfzigsten   53.   dreiundfünfzig   dreiundfünfzigsten   dreiundfunfzig   dreiundfunfzigsten    

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:

   um    

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:

   der   im   des    

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:

   am    

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:

   gestern              -0:0:0:1:0:0:0   heute                0:0:0:0:0:0:0   morgen               +0:0:0:1:0:0:0   übermorgen           +0:0:0:2:0:0:0    

Words that set only the time of day are similar to the English words 'noon' or 'midnight'.

The following words may be used:

   mittag               12:00:00   mitternacht          00:00:00    

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:

   jetzt                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    

KNOWN BUGS

None known.

BUGS AND QUESTIONS

Please refer to the Date::Manip::Problems documentation for information on submitting bug reports or questions to the author.

SEE ALSO

Date::Manip - main module documentation

LICENSE

This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR

Sullivan Beck ([email protected])