The following chart shows typical usage of date and time formatting with the Gregorian calendar. There is important information on Date/Time Review, so please read that page before starting!
| Fields | English Example | Native Example |
| Full Month |
| year month | January 2012 | 2012 ජනවාරි | view |
| to month+1 | January – February 2012 | 2012 ජනවාරි – පෙබරවාරි | view |
| to year+1 | January 2012 – January 2013 | 2012 ජනවාරි – 2013 ජනවාරි | view |
| year month day | January 13, 2012 | 2012 ජනවාරි 13 | view |
| to day+1 | January 13 – 14, 2012 | 2012 ජනවාරි 13 – 14 | view |
| to month+1 | January 13 – February 13, 2012 | 2012 ජනවාරි 13 – පෙබරවාරි 13 | view |
| to year+1 | January 13, 2012 – January 13, 2013 | 2012 ජනවාරි 13 – 2013 ජනවාරි 13 | view |
| year month day weekday | Friday, January 13, 2012 | 2012 ජනවාරි 13, සිකුරාදා | view |
| to day+1 | Friday, January 13 – Saturday, January 14, 2012 | 2012 ජනවාරි 13, සිකුරාදා – 2012 ජනවාරි 14, සෙනසුරාදා | view |
| to month+1 | Friday, January 13 – Monday, February 13, 2012 | 2012 ජනවාරි 13, සිකුරාදා – 2012 පෙබරවාරි 13, සඳුදා | view |
| to year+1 | Friday, January 13, 2012 – Sunday, January 13, 2013 | 2012 ජනවාරි 13, සිකුරාදා – 2013 ජනවාරි 13, ඉරිදා | view |
| month day | January 13 | ජනවාරි 13 | view |
| to day+1 | January 13 – 14 | ජනවාරි 13–14 | view |
| to month+1 | January 13 – February 13 | ජනවාරි 13 – පෙබරවාරි 13 | view |
| month day weekday | Friday, January 13 | ජනවාරි 13 සිකුරාදා | view |
| to day+1 | Friday, January 13 – Saturday, January 14 | ජනවාරි-13, සිකුරාදා – ජනවාරි-14, සෙනසුරාදා | view |
| to month+1 | Friday, January 13 – Monday, February 13 | ජනවාරි-13, සිකුරාදා – පෙබරවාරි-13, සඳුදා | view |
| Abbreviated Month |
| year montha | Jan 2012 | 2012 ජන | view |
| to month+1 | Jan – Feb 2012 | 2012 ජන–පෙබ | view |
| to year+1 | Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | 2012 ජන – 2013 ජන | view |
| year montha day | Jan 13, 2012 | 2012 ජන 13 | view |
| to day+1 | Jan 13 – 14, 2012 | 2012 ජන 13 – 14 | view |
| to month+1 | Jan 13 – Feb 13, 2012 | 2012 ජන 13 – පෙබ 13 | view |
| to year+1 | Jan 13, 2012 – Jan 13, 2013 | 2012 ජන 13 – 2013 ජන 13 | view |
| year montha day weekday | Fri, Jan 13, 2012 | 2012 ජන 13, සිකු | view |
| to day+1 | Fri, Jan 13 – Sat, Jan 14, 2012 | 2012 ජන 13, සිකු – 2012 ජන 14, සෙන | view |
| to month+1 | Fri, Jan 13 – Mon, Feb 13, 2012 | 2012 ජන 13, සිකු – 2012 පෙබ 13, සඳුදා | view |
| to year+1 | Fri, Jan 13, 2012 – Sun, Jan 13, 2013 | 2012 ජන 13, සිකු – 2013 ජන 13, ඉරිදා | view |
| montha day | Jan 13 | ජන 13 | view |
| to day+1 | Jan 13 – 14 | ජන 13–14 | view |
| to month+1 | Jan 13 – Feb 13 | ජන 13 – පෙබ 13 | view |
| montha day weekday | Fri, Jan 13 | ජන 13 සිකු | view |
| to day+1 | Fri, Jan 13 – Sat, Jan 14 | ජන-13, සිකු – ජන-14, සෙන | view |
| to month+1 | Fri, Jan 13 – Mon, Feb 13 | ජන-13, සිකු – පෙබ-13, සඳුදා | view |
| Numeric Month |
| year monthn | 1/2012 | 2012-1 | view |
| to month+1 | 1/2012 – 2/2012 | 2012-01 – 2012-02 | view |
| to year+1 | 1/2012 – 1/2013 | 2012-01 – 2013-01 | view |
| year monthn day | 1/13/2012 | 2012-1-13 | view |
| to day+1 | 1/13/2012 – 1/14/2012 | 2012-1-13 – 2012-1-14 | view |
| to month+1 | 1/13/2012 – 2/13/2012 | 2012-1-13 – 2012-2-13 | view |
| to year+1 | 1/13/2012 – 1/13/2013 | 2012-1-13 – 2013-1-13 | view |
| year monthn day weekday | Fri, 1/13/2012 | 2012-1-13, සිකු | view |
| to day+1 | Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sat, 1/14/2012 | 2012-1-13, සිකු – 2012-1-14, සෙන | view |
| to month+1 | Fri, 1/13/2012 – Mon, 2/13/2012 | 2012-1-13, සිකු – 2012-2-13, සඳුදා | view |
| to year+1 | Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sun, 1/13/2013 | 2012-1-13, සිකු – 2013-1-13, ඉරිදා | view |
| monthn day | 1/13 | 1-13 | view |
| to day+1 | 1/13 – 1/14 | 1-13 – 1-14 | view |
| to month+1 | 1/13 – 2/13 | 1-13 – 2-13 | view |
| monthn day weekday | Fri, 1/13 | 1-13, සිකු | view |
| to day+1 | Fri, 1/13 – Sat, 1/14 | 1-13, සිකු – 1-14, සෙන | view |
| to month+1 | Fri, 1/13 – Mon, 2/13 | 1-13, සිකු – 2-13, සඳුදා | view |
| Other Dates |
| year | 2012 | 2012 | view |
| to year+1 | 2012 – 2013 | 2012–2013 | view |
| year quarter | 1st quarter 2012 | 2012 1 වන කාර්තුව | view |
| year quartera | Q1 2012 | 2012 කාර්:1 | view |
| quarter | 1st quarter | 1 වන කාර්තුව |
| quartera | Q1 | කාර්:1 |
| month | January | ජනවාරි | view |
| to month+1 | January – February | ජනවාරි–පෙබරවාරි | view |
| montha | Jan | ජන | view |
| to month+1 | Jan – Feb | ජන–පෙබ | view |
| monthn | 1 | 1 | view |
| to month+1 | 1 – 2 | 1–2 | view |
| day | 13 | 13 | view |
| to day+1 | 13 – 14 | 13–14 | view |
| day weekday | 13 Fri | 13 සිකු | view |
| to day+1 | 13 Fri – 14 Sat | 13 සිකු – 14 සෙන |
| weekday | Friday | සිකුරාදා | view |
| to weekday+1 | Friday – Saturday | සිකුරාදා – සෙනසුරාදා |
| weekdaya | Fri | සිකු | view |
| to weekday+1 | Fri – Sat | සිකු – සෙන |
| Times |
| hour | 2 PM | 14 | view |
| to hour+1 | 1 PM – 2 PM | 13 – 14 | view |
| hour minute | 2:45 PM | 14.45 | view |
| to minute+1 | 1:45 PM – 1:46 PM | 13.45 – 13.46 | view |
| to hour+1 | 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM | 13.45 – 14.45 | view |
| hour minute second | 2:45:59 PM | 14.45.59 | view |
| minute second | 45:59 | 45.59 | view |
| minute | 45 | 45 |
| second | 59 | 59 |
| Dates and Times |
| month, day, hour, minute | 1/13, 2:45 PM | 1-13 14.45 |
| month, day, hour, minute | Jan 13, 2:45 PM | ජන 13 14.45 |
| month, day, hour, minute | January 13, 2:45 PM | ජනවාරි 13 14.45 |
| year month, day, hour, minute | 1/13/2012, 2:45:59 PM | 2012-1-13 14.45.59 |
| year month, day, hour, minute | Jan 13, 2012, 2:45:59 PM | 2012 ජන 13 14.45.59 |
| year month, day, hour, minute | January 13, 2012, 2:45:59 PM | 2012 ජනවාරි 13 14.45.59 |
| year month, day, hour, minute, zone | January 13, 2012, 2:45:59 PM France Time | 2012 ජනවාරි 13 14.45.59 ප්රංශය වේලාව |
| year month, day, hour, minute, zone (long) | January 13, 2012, 2:45:59 PM Central European Time | 2012 ජනවාරි 13 14.45.59 මධ්යම යුරෝපීය වේලාව |
| Relative Dates |
| 3 years ago | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ |
| 2 years ago | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ |
| Last year | last year | පසුගිය වසර | view |
| This year | this year | මෙම වසර | view |
| Next year | next year | ඊළඟ වසර | view |
| 2 years from now | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ |
| 3 years from now | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ |
| 3 months ago | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ |
| Last month | last month | පසුගිය මාසය | view |
| This month | this month | මෙම මාසය | view |
| Next month | next month | ඊළඟ මාසය | view |
| 3 months from now | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ |
| 6 weeks ago | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ |
| Last week | last week | පසුගිය සතිය | view |
| This week | this week | මෙම සතිය | view |
| Next week | next week | ඊළඟ සතිය | view |
| 6 weeks from now | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ |
| Last Sunday | last Sunday | පසුගිය ඉරිදා | view |
| This Sunday | this Sunday | මේ ඉරිදා | view |
| Next Sunday | next Sunday | ඊළඟ ඉරිදා | view |
| Last Sunday + time | last Sunday at 1:45 PM | පසුගිය ඉරිදා 13.45 | view |
| This Sunday + time | this Sunday at 1:45 PM | මේ ඉරිදා 13.45 | view |
| Next Sunday + time | next Sunday at 1:45 PM | ඊළඟ ඉරිදා 13.45 | view |
| 3 days ago | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ |
| Yesterday | yesterday | ඊයේ | view |
| This day | today | අද | view |
| Tomorrow | tomorrow | හෙට | view |
| 3 days from now | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ |
| 3 days ago + time | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ at 1:45 PM | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ 13.45 |
| Last day + time | yesterday at 1:45 PM | ඊයේ 13.45 | view |
| This day + time | today at 1:45 PM | අද 13.45 | view |
| Next day + time | tomorrow at 1:45 PM | හෙට 13.45 | view |
| 3 days from now + time | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ at 1:45 PM | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ 13.45 |
| Additional Patterns in Locale data |
| EHm | Fri 14:45 | සිකු 14.45 | view |
| EHms | Fri 14:45:59 | සිකු 14.45.59 | view |
| G | AD | ක්රි.ව. |
| Gy | 2012 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012 | view |
| GyMMM | Jan 2012 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012 ජන | view |
| GyMMMEd | Fri, Jan 13, 2012 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012 ජන 13, සිකු | view |
| GyMMMd | Jan 13, 2012 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012 ජන 13 | view |
| MMMMW | week 2 of January | ජන සතිය 3 |
| yMMMMEd | Fri, January 13, 2012 | 2012 ජනවාරි 13, සිකු | view |
| yw | week 2 of 2012 | 2012 සතිය 3 |
Please review these and correct if needed. The Wide fields are the most important. To correct them, go to view and following. Note: Day Periods can be a bit tricky; for more information, see Day Periods.