Date::Manip::Lang::german(3)

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
       Jaenner

       Februar

       Maerz
       Marz
       Maerz

       April

       Mai

       Juni

       Juli

       August

       September

       Oktober

       November

       Dezember

    The following abbreviations may be used:

       Jaen
       Jan

       Feb

       Maer
       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 occurence 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 occurence
    There are a list of words that may be used to specify the next, previous, or last occurence 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 occurence:

       nachsten
       naechsten
       nachste
       naechste

    Previous occurence:

       vorherigen
       vorherige
       letzte
       letzten

    Last occurence:

       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
       spaeter

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
       ungefaehr

    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
       fuenfte
       fuenf
       fuenfter
       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
       zwoelfte
       zwoelf
       zwoelften
       zwolf
       zwolften

       13.
       dreizehnte
       dreizehn

       14.
       vierzehnte
       vierzehn

       15.
       funfzehnte
       fuenfzehnte
       fuenfzehn
       fuenfzehnten
       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
       fuenfundzwanzigste
       fuenfundzwanzigsten
       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.
       fuenfunddreissig
       fuenfunddreissigste
       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.
       fuenfundvierzig
       fuenfundvierzigsten
       funfundvierzig
       funfundvierzigsten

       46.
       sechsundvierzig
       sechsundvierzigsten

       47.
       siebenundvierzig
       siebenundvierzigste

       47.
       siebenundvierzig
       siebenundvierzigste

       49.
       neunundvierzig
       neunundvierzigsten

       50.
       fuenfzig
       fuenfzigsten
       funfzig
       funfzigsten

       51.
       einundfuenfzig
       einundfuenfzigsten
       einundfunfzig
       einundfunfzigsten

       52.
       zweiundfuenfzig
       zweiundfuenfzigsten
       zweiundfunfzig
       zweiundfunfzigsten

       53.
       dreiundfuenfzig
       dreiundfuenfzigsten
       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
       uebermorgen           +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 ALWAY 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 (sbeck@cpan.org)