NAME
DateTime::Format::Natural::Lang::EN - English language metadata
DESCRIPTION
DateTime::Format::Natural::Lang::EN provides the english specific grammar and variables. This class is loaded if the user either specifies the english language or implicitly.
EXAMPLES
Below are some examples of natural language date/time input in english (be aware that the parser does usually not distinguish between lower/upper case; furthermore, many expressions allow for additional leading/trailing time and all times are also parsable with precision in (milli)seconds):
Simple
nowyesterdaytodaytomorrowmorningafternooneveningnoonmidnightyesterday at noonyesterday at midnighttoday at noontoday at midnighttomorrow at noontomorrow at midnightthis morningthis afternoonthis eveningyesterday morningyesterday afternoonyesterday eveningtoday morningtoday afternoontoday eveningtomorrow morningtomorrow afternoontomorrow eveningthursday morningthursday afternoonthursday evening6:00 yesterday6:00 today6:00 tomorrow5am yesterday5am today5am tomorrow4pm yesterday4pm today4pm tomorrowlastmillisecondthis millisecondnextmillisecondlastsecondthis secondnextsecondlastminutethis minutenextminutelasthourthis hournexthourlastdaythis daynextdaylastweekthis weeknextweeklastmonththis monthnextmonthlastquarterthis quarternextquarterlastyearthis yearnextyearlastfridaythis fridaynextfridaytuesdaylastweektuesday this weektuesdaynextweeklastweek wednesdaythis week wednesdaynextweek wednesday10 milliseconds ago10 seconds ago10 minutes ago10 hours ago10 days ago10 weeks ago10 months ago10 years agoin 5 millisecondsin 5 secondsin 5 minutesin 5 hoursin 5 daysin 5 weeksin 5 monthsin 5 yearssaturdaysunday 11:00yesterday at 4:00today at 4:00tomorrow at 4:00yesterday at 6:45amtoday at 6:45amtomorrow at 6:45amyesterday at 6:45pmtoday at 6:45pmtomorrow at 6:45pmyesterday at 2:32 AMtoday at 2:32 AMtomorrow at 2:32 AMyesterday at 2:32 PMtoday at 2:32 PMtomorrow at 2:32 PMyesterday 02:32today 02:32tomorrow 02:32yesterday 2:32amtoday 2:32amtomorrow 2:32amyesterday 2:32pmtoday 2:32pmtomorrow 2:32pmwednesday at 14:30wednesday at 02:30amwednesday at 02:30pmwednesday 14:30wednesday 02:30amwednesday 02:30pmfriday 03:00 amfriday 03:00 pmsunday at 05:00 amsunday at 05:00 pm2nd monday100th day4th februarynovember 3rdlastjunenextoctober6 am5am5:30am8 pm4pm4:20pm06:56:06 am06:56:06 pmmon 2:351:00 sun1am sun1pm sun1:00 on sun1am on sun1pm on sun12:14 PM12:14 AM
Complex
yesterday 7 milliseconds agoyesterday 7 seconds agoyesterday 7 minutes agoyesterday 7 hours agoyesterday 7 days agoyesterday 7 weeks agoyesterday 7 months agoyesterday 7 years agotoday 5 milliseconds agotoday 5 seconds agotoday 5 minutes agotoday 5 hours agotoday 5 days agotoday 5 weeks agotoday 5 months agotoday 5 years agotomorrow 3 milliseconds agotomorrow 3 seconds agotomorrow 3 minutes agotomorrow 3 hours agotomorrow 3 days agotomorrow 3 weeks agotomorrow 3 months agotomorrow 3 years ago2 millisecondsbeforenow2 secondsbeforenow2 minutesbeforenow2 hoursbeforenow2 daysbeforenow2 weeksbeforenow2 monthsbeforenow2 yearsbeforenow4 milliseconds from now4 seconds from now4 minutes from now4 hours from now4 days from now4 weeks from now4 months from now4 years from now6 in the morning4 in the afternoon9 in the eveningmonday 6 in the morningmonday 4 in the afternoonmonday 9 in the eveninglastsunday at 21:45mondaylastweek6th daylastweek6th day this week6th daynextweek12th daylastmonth12th day this month12th daynextmonth1st daylastyear1st day this year1st daynextyear1st tuesdaylastnovember1st tuesday this november1st tuesdaynextnovember11 januarynextyear11 january this year11 januarylastyear6 millisecondsbeforeyesterday6 secondsbeforeyesterday6 minutesbeforeyesterday6 hoursbeforeyesterday6 millisecondsbeforetoday6 secondsbeforetoday6 minutesbeforetoday6 hoursbeforetoday6 millisecondsbeforetomorrow6 secondsbeforetomorrow6 minutesbeforetomorrow6 hoursbeforetomorrow3 millisecondsafteryesterday3 secondsafteryesterday3 minutesafteryesterday3 hoursafteryesterday3 millisecondsaftertoday3 secondsaftertoday3 minutesaftertoday3 hoursaftertoday3 millisecondsaftertomorrow3 secondsaftertomorrow3 minutesaftertomorrow3 hoursaftertomorrow10 millisecondsbeforenoon10 secondsbeforenoon10 minutesbeforenoon10 hoursbeforenoon10 millisecondsbeforemidnight10 secondsbeforemidnight10 minutesbeforemidnight10 hoursbeforemidnight5 millisecondsafternoon5 secondsafternoon5 minutesafternoon5 hoursafternoon5 millisecondsaftermidnight5 secondsaftermidnight5 minutesaftermidnight5 hoursaftermidnightnoonlastfridaymidnightlastfridaynoon this fridaymidnight this fridaynoonnextfridaymidnightnextfridaylastfriday at 20:00this friday at 20:00nextfriday at 20:001:00lastfriday1:00 this friday1:00nextfriday1amlastfriday1am this friday1amnextfriday1pmlastfriday1pm this friday1pmnextfriday5 amlastmonday5 am this monday5 amnextmonday5 pmlastmonday5 pm this monday5 pmnextmondaylastwednesday 7amthis wednesday 7amnextwednesday 7amlastwednesday 7pmthis wednesday 7pmnextwednesday 7pmlasttuesday 11 amthis tuesday 11 amnexttuesday 11 amlasttuesday 11 pmthis tuesday 11 pmnexttuesday 11 pmyesterday at 13:00today at 13:00tomorrow at 132nd friday in august3rd wednesday in novembertomorrow 1 year agosaturday 3 months ago at 17:00saturday 3 months ago at 5:00amsaturday 3 months ago at 5:00pm11 january 2 years ago4th daylastweek8th monthlastyear8th month this year8th monthnextyear6 mondays from nowfri 3 months ago at 5amwednesday 1 month ago at 8pmfinal thursday in aprillastthursday in aprilbeginning oflastmonthend oflastmonth
Timespans
monday to friday1 April to 31 August1999-12-31 to tomorrownow to 2010-01-012009-03-10 9:00 to 11:0026oct10:00 am to 11:00 amjan 1 to 216:00 nov 6 to 17:00may 2nd to 5th100th day to 200th6am dec 5 to 7am30th to 31st dec30th to dec 31st21:00 to mar 3 22:0021:00 to 22:00 mar 310th to 20th day1/3 to 2/32/3 to in 1 week3/3 21:00 to in 5 daysfirst day of 2009 tolastday of 2009first day of may tolastday of mayfirst tolastday of 2008first tolastday of septemberfor4 millisecondsfor4 secondsfor4 minutesfor4 hoursfor4 daysfor4 weeksfor4 monthsfor4 years
Specific
marchjanuary 1111 january18oct17:0018oct5am18oct5pm18oct5 am18oct5 pmdec 25feb 28 3:00feb 28 3amfeb 28 3pmfeb 28 3 amfeb 28 3 pm19:00 jul 17am jul 17pm jul 17 am jul 17 pm jul 1jan 24, 2011 12:00jan 24, 2011 12amjan 24, 2011 12pmmay 27th2005march 1st 2009October 2006february 14, 2004jan 3 20103 jan 20002010 october 282011-jan-0427/5/19791/31/3 16:003/13/1 16:004:0017:003:20:00-5min+2d201110180000002016-06-19T12:12:11
Aliases
1 msec ago4 msecs ago1 sec ago10 secs ago1 min ago5 mins ago1 hr ago3 hrs ago1 yr ago7 yrs agoyesterday @ noontues this weekfinal thurs in septuesthursthur
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Steven Schubiger <schubiger@cpan.org>
LICENSE
This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.