Date/Time Charts: French

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	janvier 2012	view
to month+1	January – February 2012	janvier – février 2012	view
to year+1	January 2012 – January 2013	janvier 2012 – janvier 2013	view
year month day	January 13, 2012	13 janvier 2012	view
to day+1	January 13 – 14, 2012	13–14 janvier 2012	view
to month+1	January 13 – February 13, 2012	13 janvier – 13 février 2012	view
to year+1	January 13, 2012 – January 13, 2013	13 janvier 2012 – 13 janvier 2013	view
year month day weekday	Friday, January 13, 2012	vendredi 13 janvier 2012	view
to day+1	Friday, January 13 – Saturday, January 14, 2012	vendredi 13 – samedi 14 janvier 2012	view
to month+1	Friday, January 13 – Monday, February 13, 2012	vendredi 13 janvier – lundi 13 février 2012	view
to year+1	Friday, January 13, 2012 – Sunday, January 13, 2013	vendredi 13 janvier 2012 – dimanche 13 janvier 2013	view
month day	January 13	13 janvier	view
to day+1	January 13 – 14	13–14 janvier	view
to month+1	January 13 – February 13	13 janvier – 13 février	view
month day weekday	Friday, January 13	vendredi 13 janvier	view
to day+1	Friday, January 13 – Saturday, January 14	vendredi 13 – samedi 14 janvier	view
to month+1	Friday, January 13 – Monday, February 13	vendredi 13 janvier – lundi 13 février	view
Abbreviated Month
year month_a	Jan 2012	janv. 2012	view
to month+1	Jan – Feb 2012	janv.–févr. 2012	view
to year+1	Jan 2012 – Jan 2013	janv. 2012 – janv. 2013	view
year month_a day	Jan 13, 2012	13 janv. 2012	view
to day+1	Jan 13 – 14, 2012	13–14 janv. 2012	view
to month+1	Jan 13 – Feb 13, 2012	13 janv. – 13 févr. 2012	view
to year+1	Jan 13, 2012 – Jan 13, 2013	13 janv. 2012 – 13 janv. 2013	view
year month_a day weekday	Fri, Jan 13, 2012	ven. 13 janv. 2012	view
to day+1	Fri, Jan 13 – Sat, Jan 14, 2012	ven. 13 – sam. 14 janv. 2012	view
to month+1	Fri, Jan 13 – Mon, Feb 13, 2012	ven. 13 janv. – lun. 13 févr. 2012	view
to year+1	Fri, Jan 13, 2012 – Sun, Jan 13, 2013	ven. 13 janv. 2012 – dim. 13 janv. 2013	view
month_a day	Jan 13	13 janv.	view
to day+1	Jan 13 – 14	13–14 janv.	view
to month+1	Jan 13 – Feb 13	13 janv. – 13 févr.	view
month_a day weekday	Fri, Jan 13	ven. 13 janv.	view
to day+1	Fri, Jan 13 – Sat, Jan 14	ven. 13 – sam. 14 janv.	view
to month+1	Fri, Jan 13 – Mon, Feb 13	ven. 13 janv. – lun. 13 févr.	view
Numeric Month
year month_n	1/2012	01/2012	view
to month+1	1/2012 – 2/2012	01/2012 – 02/2012	view
to year+1	1/2012 – 1/2013	01/2012 – 01/2013	view
year month_n day	1/13/2012	13/01/2012	view
to day+1	1/13/2012 – 1/14/2012	13/01/2012 – 14/01/2012	view
to month+1	1/13/2012 – 2/13/2012	13/01/2012 – 13/02/2012	view
to year+1	1/13/2012 – 1/13/2013	13/01/2012 – 13/01/2013	view
year month_n day weekday	Fri, 1/13/2012	ven. 13/01/2012	view
to day+1	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sat, 1/14/2012	ven. 13/01/2012 – sam. 14/01/2012	view
to month+1	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Mon, 2/13/2012	ven. 13/01/2012 – lun. 13/02/2012	view
to year+1	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sun, 1/13/2013	ven. 13/01/2012 – dim. 13/01/2013	view
month_n day	1/13	13/01	view
to day+1	1/13 – 1/14	13/01 – 14/01	view
to month+1	1/13 – 2/13	13/01 – 13/02	view
month_n day weekday	Fri, 1/13	ven. 13/01	view
to day+1	Fri, 1/13 – Sat, 1/14	ven. 13/01 – sam. 14/01	view
to month+1	Fri, 1/13 – Mon, 2/13	ven. 13/01 – lun. 13/02	view
Other Dates
year	2012	2012	view
to year+1	2012 – 2013	2012–2013	view
year quarter	1st quarter 2012	1er trimestre 2012	view
year quarter_a	Q1 2012	T1 2012	view
quarter	1st quarter	1er trimestre
quarter_a	Q1	T1
month	January	janvier	view
to month+1	January – February	janvier–février	view
month_a	Jan	janv.	view
to month+1	Jan – Feb	janv.–févr.	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	ven. 13	view
to day+1	13 Fri – 14 Sat	ven. 13 – sam. 14
weekday	Friday	vendredi	view
to weekday+1	Friday – Saturday	vendredi – samedi
weekday_a	Fri	ven.	view
to weekday+1	Fri – Sat	ven. – sam.
Times
hour	11 PM	23 h	view
to hour+1	10 PM – 11 PM	22 h – 23 h	view
hour minute	11:45 PM	23:45	view
to minute+1	1/13/2012, 10:45 PM – 1/13/2099, 10:45 PM	13/01/2012 à 22:45 – 13/01/2099 à 22:45	view
to hour+1	10:45 PM – 11:45 PM	22:45 – 23:45	view
hour minute second	11:45:59 PM	23:45:59	view
minute second	45:59	45:59	view
minute	45	45
second	59	59
Dates and Times
month, day, hour, minute	1/13, 11:45 PM	13/01 à 23:45
month, day, hour, minute	Jan 13, 11:45 PM	13 janv. à 23:45
month, day, hour, minute	January 13, 11:45 PM	13 janvier à 23:45
year month, day, hour, minute	1/13/2012, 11:45:59 PM	13/01/2012 à 23:45:59
year month, day, hour, minute	Jan 13, 2012, 11:45:59 PM	13 janv. 2012 à 23:45:59
year month, day, hour, minute	January 13, 2012, 11:45:59 PM	13 janvier 2012 à 23:45:59
year month, day, hour, minute, zone	January 13, 2012, 11:45:59 PM France Time	13 janvier 2012 à 23:45:59 heure : France
year month, day, hour, minute, zone (long)	January 13, 2012, 11:45:59 PM Central European Time	13 janvier 2012 à 23:45:59 heure d’Europe centrale
Relative Dates
3 years ago	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
2 years ago	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
Last year	last year	l’année dernière	view
This year	this year	cette année	view
Next year	next year	l’année prochaine	view
2 years from now	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
3 years from now	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
3 months ago	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
Last month	last month	le mois dernier	view
This month	this month	ce mois-ci	view
Next month	next month	le mois prochain	view
3 months from now	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
6 weeks ago	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
Last week	last week	la semaine dernière	view
This week	this week	cette semaine	view
Next week	next week	la semaine prochaine	view
6 weeks from now	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
Last Sunday	last Sunday	dimanche dernier	view
This Sunday	this Sunday	ce dimanche	view
Next Sunday	next Sunday	dimanche prochain	view
Last Sunday + time	last Sunday at 10:45 PM	dimanche dernier à 22:45	view
This Sunday + time	this Sunday at 10:45 PM	ce dimanche à 22:45	view
Next Sunday + time	next Sunday at 10:45 PM	dimanche prochain à 22:45	view
3 days ago	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
Yesterday	yesterday	hier	view
This day	today	aujourd’hui	view
Tomorrow	tomorrow	demain	view
3 days from now	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
3 days ago + time	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ at 10:45 PM	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ à 22:45
Last day + time	yesterday at 10:45 PM	hier à 22:45	view
This day + time	today at 10:45 PM	aujourd’hui à 22:45	view
Next day + time	tomorrow at 10:45 PM	demain à 22:45	view
3 days from now + time	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ at 10:45 PM	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ à 22:45
Additional Patterns in Locale data
EHm	Fri 23:45	ven. 23:45	view
EHms	Fri 23:45:59	ven. 23:45:59	view
G	AD	ap. J.-C.
Gy	2012 AD	2012 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMMM	Jan 2012 AD	janv. 2012 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMMMEd	Fri, Jan 13, 2012 AD	ven. 13 janv. 2012 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMMMd	Jan 13, 2012 AD	13 janv. 2012 ap. J.-C.	view
MMMMW	week 2 of January	semaine 2 (janvier)
yMMMMEd	Fri, January 13, 2012	ven. 13 janvier 2012	view
yw	week 2 of 2012	semaine 2 de 2012
Gy/G	2012 – 2099 AD	2012–2099 ap. J.-C.	view
Gy/y	2012 – 2013 AD	2012–2013 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMEd/d	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sat, 1/14/2012 A	ven. 13 à sam. 14/1/2012 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMEd/G	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Tue, 1/13/2099 A	ven. 13/1/2012 à mar. 13/1/2099 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMEd/y	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sun, 1/13/2013 A	ven. 13/1/2012 à dim. 13/1/2013 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMEd/M	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Mon, 2/13/2012 A	ven. 13/1 à lun. 13/2/2012 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMMMd/d	Jan 13 – 14, 2012 AD	13–14 janv. 2012 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMMMd/G	Jan 13, 2012 – Jan 13, 2099 AD	13 janv. 2012 à 13 janv. 2099 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMMMd/y	Jan 13, 2012 – Jan 13, 2013 AD	13 janv. 2012 à 13 janv. 2013 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMMMd/M	Jan 13 – Feb 13, 2012 AD	13 janv. à 13 févr. 2012 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMd/d	1/13/2012 – 1/14/2012 A	13–14/1/2012 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMd/G	1/13/2012 – 1/13/2099 A	13/1/2012 à 13/1/2099 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMd/y	1/13/2012 – 1/13/2013 A	13/1/2012 à 13/1/2013 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMd/M	1/13/2012 – 2/13/2012 A	13/1 à 13/2/2012 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMMMEd/d	Fri, Jan 13 – Sat, Jan 14, 2012 AD	ven. 13 à sam. 14 janv. 2012 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMMMEd/G	Fri, Jan 13, 2012 – Tue, Jan 13, 2099 AD	ven. 13 janv. 2012 à mar. 13 janv. 2099 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMMMEd/y	Fri, Jan 13, 2012 – Sun, Jan 13, 2013 AD	ven. 13 janv. 2012 à dim. 13 janv. 2013 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMMMEd/M	Fri, Jan 13 – Mon, Feb 13, 2012 AD	ven. 13 janv. à lun. 13 févr. 2012 ap. J.-C.	view
GyM/G	1/2012 – 1/2099 A	1/2012 à 1/2099 ap. J.-C.	view
GyM/y	1/2012 – 1/2013 A	1/2012 à 1/2013 ap. J.-C.	view
GyM/M	1/2012 – 2/2012 A	1–2/2012 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMMM/G	Jan 2012 – Jan 2099 AD	janv. 2012 à janv. 2099 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMMM/y	Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 AD	janv. 2012 à janv. 2013 ap. J.-C.	view
GyMMM/M	Jan – Feb 2012 AD	janv. à févr. 2012 ap. J.-C.	view

Weekdays

English

Wide

Abbr.

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Sunday

dimanche

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dim.

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Monday

lundi

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lun.

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Tuesday

mardi

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mar.

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Wednesday

mercredi

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mer.

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Thursday

jeudi

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jeu.

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Friday

vendredi

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ven.

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Saturday

samedi

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sam.

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Months

English

Wide

Abbr.

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January

janvier

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janv.

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February

février

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févr.

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March

mars

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mars

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April

avril

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avr.

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May

mai

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mai

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June

juin

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juin

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July

juillet

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juil.

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August

août

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août

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September

septembre

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sept.

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October

octobre

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oct.

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November

novembre

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nov.

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December

décembre

view

déc.

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Quarters

English

Wide

Abbr.

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1st quarter

1er trimestre

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2nd quarter

2e trimestre

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3rd quarter

3e trimestre

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4th quarter

4e trimestre

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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 minuit	12:00 minuit	12:00 minuit	midnight	minuit	minuit	minuit
night1	00:00 – 04:00⁻	2:00 at night	2:00 du matin	2:00 nuit	2:00 nuit	night	nuit	nuit	nuit
morning1	04:00 – 12:00⁻	8:00 in the morning	8:00 du matin	8:00 mat.	8:00 mat.	morning	matin	mat.	mat.
noon	12:00	12:00 noon	12:00 midi	12:00 midi	12:00 midi	noon	midi	midi	midi
afternoon1	12:00 – 18:00⁻	3:00 in the afternoon	3:00 de l’après-midi	3:00 ap.m.	3:00 ap.m.	afternoon	après-midi	ap.m.	ap.m.
evening1	18:00 – 24:00⁻	9:00 at night	9:00 du soir	9:00 soir	9:00 soir	evening	soir	soir	soir