Date/Time Charts: English

Index

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!

Patterns

Fields	English Example	Native Example
Full Month
year month	January 2012	January 2012	view
to month+1	January – February 2012	January – February 2012	view
to year+1	January 2012 – January 2013	January 2012 – January 2013	view
year month day	January 13, 2012	January 13, 2012	view
to day+1	January 13 – 14, 2012	January 13 – 14, 2012	view
to month+1	January 13 – February 13, 2012	January 13 – February 13, 2012	view
to year+1	January 13, 2012 – January 13, 2013	January 13, 2012 – January 13, 2013	view
year month day weekday	Friday, January 13, 2012	Friday, January 13, 2012	view
to day+1	Friday, January 13 – Saturday, January 14, 2012	Friday, January 13 – Saturday, January 14, 2012	view
to month+1	Friday, January 13 – Monday, February 13, 2012	Friday, January 13 – Monday, February 13, 2012	view
to year+1	Friday, January 13, 2012 – Sunday, January 13, 2013	Friday, January 13, 2012 – Sunday, January 13, 2013	view
month day	January 13	January 13	view
to day+1	January 13 – 14	January 13 – 14	view
to month+1	January 13 – February 13	January 13 – February 13	view
month day weekday	Friday, January 13	Friday, January 13	view
to day+1	Friday, January 13 – Saturday, January 14	Friday, January 13 – Saturday, January 14	view
to month+1	Friday, January 13 – Monday, February 13	Friday, January 13 – Monday, February 13	view
Abbreviated Month
year month_a	Jan 2012	Jan 2012	view
to month+1	Jan – Feb 2012	Jan – Feb 2012	view
to year+1	Jan 2012 – Jan 2013	Jan 2012 – Jan 2013	view
year month_a day	Jan 13, 2012	Jan 13, 2012	view
to day+1	Jan 13 – 14, 2012	Jan 13 – 14, 2012	view
to month+1	Jan 13 – Feb 13, 2012	Jan 13 – Feb 13, 2012	view
to year+1	Jan 13, 2012 – Jan 13, 2013	Jan 13, 2012 – Jan 13, 2013	view
year month_a day weekday	Fri, Jan 13, 2012	Fri, Jan 13, 2012	view
to day+1	Fri, Jan 13 – Sat, Jan 14, 2012	Fri, Jan 13 – Sat, Jan 14, 2012	view
to month+1	Fri, Jan 13 – Mon, Feb 13, 2012	Fri, Jan 13 – Mon, Feb 13, 2012	view
to year+1	Fri, Jan 13, 2012 – Sun, Jan 13, 2013	Fri, Jan 13, 2012 – Sun, Jan 13, 2013	view
month_a day	Jan 13	Jan 13	view
to day+1	Jan 13 – 14	Jan 13 – 14	view
to month+1	Jan 13 – Feb 13	Jan 13 – Feb 13	view
month_a day weekday	Fri, Jan 13	Fri, Jan 13	view
to day+1	Fri, Jan 13 – Sat, Jan 14	Fri, Jan 13 – Sat, Jan 14	view
to month+1	Fri, Jan 13 – Mon, Feb 13	Fri, Jan 13 – Mon, Feb 13	view
Numeric Month
year month_n	1/2012	1/2012	view
to month+1	1/2012 – 2/2012	1/2012 – 2/2012	view
to year+1	1/2012 – 1/2013	1/2012 – 1/2013	view
year month_n day	1/13/2012	1/13/2012	view
to day+1	1/13/2012 – 1/14/2012	1/13/2012 – 1/14/2012	view
to month+1	1/13/2012 – 2/13/2012	1/13/2012 – 2/13/2012	view
to year+1	1/13/2012 – 1/13/2013	1/13/2012 – 1/13/2013	view
year month_n day weekday	Fri, 1/13/2012	Fri, 1/13/2012	view
to day+1	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sat, 1/14/2012	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sat, 1/14/2012	view
to month+1	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Mon, 2/13/2012	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Mon, 2/13/2012	view
to year+1	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sun, 1/13/2013	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sun, 1/13/2013	view
month_n 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
month_n day weekday	Fri, 1/13	Fri, 1/13	view
to day+1	Fri, 1/13 – Sat, 1/14	Fri, 1/13 – Sat, 1/14	view
to month+1	Fri, 1/13 – Mon, 2/13	Fri, 1/13 – Mon, 2/13	view
Other Dates
year	2012	2012	view
to year+1	2012 – 2013	2012 – 2013	view
year quarter	1st quarter 2012	1st quarter 2012	view
year quarter_a	Q1 2012	Q1 2012	view
quarter	1st quarter	1st quarter
quarter_a	Q1	Q1
month	January	January	view
to month+1	January – February	January – February	view
month_a	Jan	Jan	view
to month+1	Jan – Feb	Jan – Feb	view
month_n	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 Fri	view
to day+1	13 Fri – 14 Sat	13 Fri – 14 Sat
weekday	Friday	Friday	view
to weekday+1	Friday – Saturday	Friday – Saturday
weekday_a	Fri	Fri	view
to weekday+1	Fri – Sat	Fri – Sat
Times
hour	11 PM	11 PM	view
to hour+1	10 PM – 11 PM	10 PM – 11 PM	view
hour minute	11:45 PM	11:45 PM	view
to minute+1	1/13/2012, 10:45 PM – 1/13/2099, 10:45 PM	1/13/2012, 10:45 PM – 1/13/2099, 10:45 PM	view
to hour+1	10:45 PM – 11:45 PM	10:45 PM – 11:45 PM	view
hour minute second	11:45:59 PM	11:45:59 PM	view
minute second	45:59	45:59	view
minute	45	45
second	59	59
Times 24h
hour₂₄	23	23	view
to hour+1	22 – 23	22 – 23	view
hour₂₄ minute	23:45	23:45	view
to minute+1	1/13/2012, 22:45 – 1/13/2099, 22:45	1/13/2012, 22:45 – 1/13/2099, 22:45	view
to hour+1	22:45 – 23:45	22:45 – 23:45	view
hour₂₄ minute second	23:45:59	23:45:59	view
Dates and Times
month, day, hour, minute	1/13, 11:45 PM	1/13, 11:45 PM
month, day, hour, minute	Jan 13, 11:45 PM	Jan 13, 11:45 PM
month, day, hour, minute	January 13, 11:45 PM	January 13, 11:45 PM
year month, day, hour, minute	1/13/2012, 11:45:59 PM	1/13/2012, 11:45:59 PM
year month, day, hour, minute	Jan 13, 2012, 11:45:59 PM	Jan 13, 2012, 11:45:59 PM
year month, day, hour, minute	January 13, 2012, 11:45:59 PM	January 13, 2012, 11:45:59 PM
year month, day, hour, minute, zone	January 13, 2012, 11:45:59 PM France Time	January 13, 2012, 11:45:59 PM France Time
year month, day, hour, minute, zone (long)	January 13, 2012, 11:45:59 PM Central European Time	January 13, 2012, 11:45:59 PM Central European Time
Relative Dates
3 years ago	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
2 years ago	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
Last year	last year	last year	view
This year	this year	this year	view
Next year	next year	next year	view
2 years from now	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
3 years from now	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
3 months ago	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
Last month	last month	last month	view
This month	this month	this month	view
Next month	next month	next month	view
3 months from now	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
6 weeks ago	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
Last week	last week	last week	view
This week	this week	this week	view
Next week	next week	next week	view
6 weeks from now	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
Last Sunday	last Sunday	last Sunday	view
This Sunday	this Sunday	this Sunday	view
Next Sunday	next Sunday	next Sunday	view
Last Sunday + time	last Sunday at 10:45 PM	last Sunday at 10:45 PM	view
This Sunday + time	this Sunday at 10:45 PM	this Sunday at 10:45 PM	view
Next Sunday + time	next Sunday at 10:45 PM	next Sunday at 10:45 PM	view
3 days ago	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
Yesterday	yesterday	yesterday	view
This day	today	today	view
Tomorrow	tomorrow	tomorrow	view
3 days from now	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
3 days ago + time	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ at 10:45 PM	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ at 10:45 PM
Last day + time	yesterday at 10:45 PM	yesterday at 10:45 PM	view
This day + time	today at 10:45 PM	today at 10:45 PM	view
Next day + time	tomorrow at 10:45 PM	tomorrow at 10:45 PM	view
3 days from now + time	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ at 10:45 PM	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ at 10:45 PM
Additional Patterns in Locale data
Bh	11 at night	11 at night	view
Bhm	11:45 at night	11:45 at night	view
Bhms	11:45:59 at night	11:45:59 at night	view
EBhm	Fri 11:45 at night	Fri 11:45 at night	view
EBhms	Fri 11:45:59 at night	Fri 11:45:59 at night	view
EHm	Fri 23:45	Fri 23:45	view
EHms	Fri 23:45:59	Fri 23:45:59	view
Ehm	Fri 11:45 PM	Fri 11:45 PM	view
Ehms	Fri 11:45:59 PM	Fri 11:45:59 PM	view
G	AD	AD
Gy	2012 AD	2012 AD	view
GyMMM	Jan 2012 AD	Jan 2012 AD	view
GyMMMEd	Fri, Jan 13, 2012 AD	Fri, Jan 13, 2012 AD	view
GyMMMd	Jan 13, 2012 AD	Jan 13, 2012 AD	view
MMMMW	week 2 of January	week 2 of January
a	PM	PM
ahm	11:45 PM	11:45 PM
ahms	11:45:59 PM	11:45:59 PM
yMMMMEd	Fri, January 13, 2012	Fri, January 13, 2012	view
yw	week 2 of 2012	week 2 of 2012
hm/a	10:45 PM – 10:45 AM	10:45 PM – 10:45 AM	view
Bhm/G	1/13/2012, 10:45 PM – 1/13/2099, 10:45 PM	1/13/2012, 10:45 PM – 1/13/2099, 10:45 PM
Bhm/h	10:45 – 11:45 PM	10:45 – 11:45 PM	view
Bhm/m	1/13/2012, 10:45 PM – 1/13/2099, 10:45 PM	1/13/2012, 10:45 PM – 1/13/2099, 10:45 PM	view
H/a	22 – 10	22 – 10
H/h	22 – 23	22 – 23
Gy/G	2012 – 2099 AD	2012 – 2099 AD	view
Gy/y	2012 – 2013 AD	2012 – 2013 AD	view
GyMEd/d	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sat, 1/14/2012 A	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sat, 1/14/2012 A	view
GyMEd/G	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Tue, 1/13/2099 A	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Tue, 1/13/2099 A	view
GyMEd/y	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sun, 1/13/2013 A	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sun, 1/13/2013 A	view
GyMEd/M	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Mon, 2/13/2012 A	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Mon, 2/13/2012 A	view
GyMMMd/d	Jan 13 – 14, 2012 AD	Jan 13 – 14, 2012 AD	view
GyMMMd/G	Jan 13, 2012 – Jan 13, 2099 AD	Jan 13, 2012 – Jan 13, 2099 AD	view
GyMMMd/y	Jan 13, 2012 – Jan 13, 2013 AD	Jan 13, 2012 – Jan 13, 2013 AD	view
GyMMMd/M	Jan 13 – Feb 13, 2012 AD	Jan 13 – Feb 13, 2012 AD	view
Hm/a	22:45 – 10:45	22:45 – 10:45
Hm/h	22:45 – 23:45	22:45 – 23:45
Bh/G	1/13/2012, 10 PM – 1/13/2099, 10 PM	1/13/2012, 10 PM – 1/13/2099, 10 PM
Bh/h	10 – 11 PM	10 – 11 PM	view
h/a	10 PM – 10 AM	10 PM – 10 AM	view
GyMd/d	1/13/2012 – 1/14/2012 A	1/13/2012 – 1/14/2012 A	view
GyMd/G	1/13/2012 – 1/13/2099 A	1/13/2012 – 1/13/2099 A	view
GyMd/y	1/13/2012 – 1/13/2013 A	1/13/2012 – 1/13/2013 A	view
GyMd/M	1/13/2012 – 2/13/2012 A	1/13/2012 – 2/13/2012 A	view
GyMMMEd/d	Fri, Jan 13 – Sat, Jan 14, 2012 AD	Fri, Jan 13 – Sat, Jan 14, 2012 AD	view
GyMMMEd/G	Fri, Jan 13, 2012 – Tue, Jan 13, 2099 AD	Fri, Jan 13, 2012 – Tue, Jan 13, 2099 AD	view
GyMMMEd/y	Fri, Jan 13, 2012 – Sun, Jan 13, 2013 AD	Fri, Jan 13, 2012 – Sun, Jan 13, 2013 AD	view
GyMMMEd/M	Fri, Jan 13 – Mon, Feb 13, 2012 AD	Fri, Jan 13 – Mon, Feb 13, 2012 AD	view
GyM/G	1/2012 – 1/2099 A	1/2012 – 1/2099 A	view
GyM/y	1/2012 – 1/2013 A	1/2012 – 1/2013 A	view
GyM/M	1/2012 – 2/2012 A	1/2012 – 2/2012 A	view
GyMMM/G	Jan 2012 – Jan 2099 AD	Jan 2012 – Jan 2099 AD	view
GyMMM/y	Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 AD	Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 AD	view
GyMMM/M	Jan – Feb 2012 AD	Jan – Feb 2012 AD	view

Weekdays

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Wide

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Sunday

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Sun

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Monday

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Mon

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Tuesday

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Tue

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Wednesday

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Wed

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Thursday

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Thu

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Friday

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Fri

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Saturday

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Sat

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Months

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January

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Jan

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February

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Feb

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March

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Mar

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April

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Apr

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May

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May

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June

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Jun

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July

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Jul

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August

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Aug

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September

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Sep

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October

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Oct

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November

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Nov

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December

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Dec

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Quarters

English

Wide

Abbr.

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1st quarter

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2nd quarter

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3rd quarter

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4th quarter

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Day Periods

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.

DayPeriodID	Time Span(s)	Format				Standalone
		Wide		Abbreviated	Narrow	Wide		Abbreviated	Narrow
		English	Native	Native	Native	English	Native	Native	Native
midnight	00:00	12:00 midnight	12:00 midnight	12:00 midnight	12:00 mi	midnight	midnight	midnight	midnight
night1	00:00 – 06:00⁻; 21:00 – 24:00⁻	3:00 at night	3:00 at night	3:00 at night	3:00 at night	night	night	night	night
morning1	06:00 – 12:00⁻	9:00 in the morning	9:00 in the morning	9:00 in the morning	9:00 in the morning	morning	morning	morning	morning
noon	12:00	12:00 noon	12:00 noon	12:00 noon	12:00 n	noon	noon	noon	noon
afternoon1	12:00 – 18:00⁻	3:00 in the afternoon	3:00 in the afternoon	3:00 in the afternoon	3:00 in the afternoon	afternoon	afternoon	afternoon	afternoon
evening1	18:00 – 21:00⁻	7:30 in the evening	7:30 in the evening	7:30 in the evening	7:30 in the evening	evening	evening	evening	evening