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 | 9 PM | 21 | view |
to hour+1 | 8 – 9 PM | 20–21 | view |
hour minute | 9:45 PM | 21.45 | view |
to minute+1 | 1/13/2012, 8:45 PM – 1/13/2099, 8:45 PM | 2012-1-13, 20.45 – 2099-1-13, 20.45 | view |
to hour+1 | 8:45 – 9:45 PM | 20.45–21.45 | view |
hour minute second | 9:45:59 PM | 21.45.59 | view |
minute second | 45:59 | 45.59 | view |
minute | 45 | 45 |
second | 59 | 59 |
Dates and Times |
month, day, hour, minute | 1/13, 9:45 PM | 1-13 21.45 |
month, day, hour, minute | Jan 13, 9:45 PM | ජන 13 21.45 |
month, day, hour, minute | January 13, 9:45 PM | ජනවාරි 13 21.45 |
year month, day, hour, minute | 1/13/2012, 9:45:59 PM | 2012-1-13 21.45.59 |
year month, day, hour, minute | Jan 13, 2012, 9:45:59 PM | 2012 ජන 13 21.45.59 |
year month, day, hour, minute | January 13, 2012, 9:45:59 PM | 2012 ජනවාරි 13 21.45.59 |
year month, day, hour, minute, zone | January 13, 2012, 9:45:59 PM France Time | 2012 ජනවාරි 13 21.45.59 ප්රංශය වේලාව |
year month, day, hour, minute, zone (long) | January 13, 2012, 9:45:59 PM Central European Time | 2012 ජනවාරි 13 21.45.59 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, 8:45 PM | පසුගිය ඉරිදා 20.45 | view |
This Sunday + time | this Sunday, 8:45 PM | මේ ඉරිදා 20.45 | view |
Next Sunday + time | next Sunday, 8:45 PM | ඊළඟ ඉරිදා 20.45 | 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 | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ, 8:45 PM | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ 20.45 |
Last day + time | yesterday, 8:45 PM | ඊයේ 20.45 | view |
This day + time | today, 8:45 PM | අද 20.45 | view |
Next day + time | tomorrow, 8:45 PM | හෙට 20.45 | view |
3 days from now + time | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ, 8:45 PM | ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ 20.45 |
Additional Patterns in Locale data |
EHm | Fri 21:45 | සිකු 21.45 | view |
EHms | Fri 21:45:59 | සිකු 21.45.59 | 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 |
GyMd | 1/13/2012 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012-01-13 | view |
MMMMW | week 2 of January | ජනවාරි සතිය 3 |
yMMMMEd | Fri, January 13, 2012 | 2012 ජනවාරි 13, සිකු | view |
yw | week 2 of 2012 | 2012 සතිය 3 |
Gy/G | 2012 – 2099 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012–2099 | view |
Gy/y | 2012 – 2013 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012–2013 | view |
GyMEd/d | Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sat, 1/14/2012 AD | සිකු, 1/13/2012 – සෙන, 1/14/2012 ක්රි.ව. | view |
GyMEd/G | Fri, 1/13/2012 – Tue, 1/13/2099 AD | සිකු, 1/13/2012 – අඟහ, 1/13/2099 ක්රි.ව. | view |
GyMEd/y | Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sun, 1/13/2013 AD | සිකු, 1/13/2012 – ඉරිදා, 1/13/2013 ක්රි.ව. | view |
GyMEd/M | Fri, 1/13/2012 – Mon, 2/13/2012 AD | සිකු, 1/13/2012 – සඳුදා, 2/13/2012 ක්රි.ව. | view |
GyMMMd/d | Jan 13 – 14, 2012 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012 ජන 13–14 | view |
GyMMMd/G | Jan 13, 2012 – Jan 13, 2099 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012 ජන 13 – 2099 ජන 13 | view |
GyMMMd/y | Jan 13, 2012 – Jan 13, 2013 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012 ජන 13 – 2013 ජන 13 | view |
GyMMMd/M | Jan 13 – Feb 13, 2012 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012 ජන 13 – පෙබ 13 | view |
GyMd/d | 1/13/2012 – 1/14/2012 AD | 1/13/2012 – 1/14/2012 ක්රි.ව. | view |
GyMd/G | 1/13/2012 – 1/13/2099 AD | 1/13/2012 – 1/13/2099 ක්රි.ව. | view |
GyMd/y | 1/13/2012 – 1/13/2013 AD | 1/13/2012 – 1/13/2013 ක්රි.ව. | view |
GyMd/M | 1/13/2012 – 2/13/2012 AD | 1/13/2012 – 2/13/2012 ක්රි.ව. | view |
GyMMMEd/d | Fri, Jan 13 – Sat, Jan 14, 2012 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012 ජන 13, සිකු – ජන 14, සෙන | view |
GyMMMEd/G | Fri, Jan 13, 2012 – Tue, Jan 13, 2099 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012 ජන 13, සිකු – 2099 ජන 13, අඟහ | view |
GyMMMEd/y | Fri, Jan 13, 2012 – Sun, Jan 13, 2013 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012 ජන 13, සිකු – 2013 ජන 13, ඉරිදා | view |
GyMMMEd/M | Fri, Jan 13 – Mon, Feb 13, 2012 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012 ජන 13, සිකු – පෙබ 13, සඳුදා | view |
GyM/G | 1/2012 – 1/2099 AD | 1/2012 – 1/2099 ක්රි.ව. | view |
GyM/y | 1/2012 – 1/2013 AD | 1/2012 – 1/2013 ක්රි.ව. | view |
GyM/M | 1/2012 – 2/2012 AD | 1/2012 – 2/2012 ක්රි.ව. | view |
GyMMM/G | Jan 2012 – Jan 2099 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012 ජන – 2099 ජන | view |
GyMMM/y | Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012 ජන – 2013 ජන | view |
GyMMM/M | Jan – Feb 2012 AD | ක්රි.ව. 2012 ජන–පෙබ | view |
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.