NAME

Date::Manip::Lang::french - French 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:

janvier

f�vrier
fevrier

mars

avril

mai

juin

juillet

ao�t
aout

septembre

octobre

novembre

d�cembre
decembre

The following abbreviations may be used:

jan
jan.

f�v
fev
fev.
f�v.

mar
mar.

avr
avr.

mai
mai.

juin
juin.

juil
juil.

ao�t
aout
aout.
ao�t.

sept
sept.

oct
oct.

nov
nov.

d�c
dec
dec.
d�c.
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:

lundi

mardi

mercredi

jeudi

vendredi

samedi

dimanche

The following abbreviations may be used:

lun
lun.

mar
mar.

mer
mer.

jeu
jeu.

ven
ven.

sam
sam.

dim
dim.

The following short (1-2 characters) abbreviations may be used:

l

ma

me

j

v

s

d
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:

annees
ann�es
an
annee
ans
ann�e

mois
m

semaine
sem

jours
j
jour
journee
journ�e

heures
h
heure

minutes
mn
min
minute

secondes
s
sec
seconde
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:

du matin

du soir
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:

chaque
tous les
toutes les
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:

suivant
suivante
prochaine

Previous occurence:

precedent
pr�c�dent
precedente
pr�c�dente
derniere
derni�re

Last occurence:

dernier
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:

il y a
auparavant
dans le pass�
plus tot
plus t�t

en
plus tard
dans l'avenir
a venir
� venir
dans
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:

exactement
approximativement
environ

The following words may be used to specify a business delta:

professionel
ouvrable
ouvrables
Numbers

Numbers may be spelled out in a variety of ways. The following sets correspond to the numbers from 1 to 53:

1er
1re
premier
un

2e
deux
deuxieme
deuxi�me

3e
trois
troisieme
troisi�me

4e
quatre
quatrieme
quatri�me

5e
cinq
cinquieme
cinqui�me

6e
six
sixieme
sixi�me

7e
sept
septieme
septi�me

8e
huit
huitieme
huiti�me

9e
neuf
neuvieme
neuvi�me

10e
dix
dixieme
dixi�me


11e
onze
onzieme
onzi�me

12e
douze
douzieme
douzi�me

13e
treize
treizieme
treizi�me

14e
quatorze
quatorzieme
quatorzi�me

15e
quinze
quinzieme
quinzi�me

16e
seize
seizieme
seizi�me

17e
dix-sept
dix-septieme
dix-septi�me

18e
dix-huit
dix-huitieme
dix-huiti�me

19e
dix-neuf
dix-neuvieme
dix-neuvi�me

20e
vingt
vingtieme
vingti�me


21e
vingt et un
vingt et unieme
vingt et uni�me

22e
vingt-deux
vingt-deuxieme
vingt-deuxi�me

23e
vingt-trois
vingt-troisieme
vingt-troisi�me

24e
vingt-quatre
vingt-quatrieme
vingt-quatri�me

25e
vingt-cinq
vingt-cinquieme
vingt-cinqui�me

26e
vingt-six
vingt-sixieme
vingt-sixi�me

27e
vingt-sept
vingt-septieme
vingt-septi�me

28e
vingt-huit
vingt-huitieme
vingt-huiti�me

29e
vingt-neuf
vingt-neuvieme
vingt-neuvi�me

30e
trente
trentieme
trenti�me


31e
trente et un
trente et unieme
trente et uni�me

32e
trente-deux
trente-deuxieme
trente-deuxi�me

33e
trente-trois
trente-troisieme
trente-troisi�me

34e
trente-quatre
trente-quatrieme
trente-quatri�me

35e
trente-cinq
trente-cinquieme
trente-cinqui�me

36e
trente-six
trente-sixieme
trente-sixi�me

37e
trente-sept
trente-septieme
trente-septi�me

38e
trente-huit
trente-huitieme
trente-huiti�me

39e
trente-neuf
trente-neuvieme
trente-neuvi�me

40e
quarante
quarantieme
quaranti�me


41e
quarante et un
quarante et unieme
quarante et uni�me

42e
quarante-deux
quarante-deuxieme
quarante-deuxi�me

43e
quarante-trois
quarante-troisieme
quarante-troisi�me

44e
quarante-quatre
quarante-quatrieme
quarante-quatri�me

45e
quarante-cinq
quarante-cinquieme
quarante-cinqui�me

46e
quarante-six
quarante-sixieme
quarante-sixi�me

47e
quarante-sept
quarante-septieme
quarante-septi�me

48e
quarante-huit
quarante-huitieme
quarante-huiti�me

49e
quarante-neuf
quarante-neuvieme
quarante-neuvi�me

50e
cinquante
cinquantieme
cinquanti�me


51e
cinquante et un
cinquante et unieme
cinquante et uni�me

52e
cinquante-deux
cinquante-deuxieme
cinquante-deuxi�me

53e
cinquante-trois
cinquante-troisieme
cinquante-troisi�me
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:

a
�

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:

de
en
du

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:

sur
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:

aujourd'hui          0:0:0:0:0:0:0
demain               +0:0:0:1:0:0:0
hier                 -0:0:0:1:0:0:0

Words that set only the time of day are similar to the English words 'noon' or 'midnight'.

The following words may be used:

midi                 12:00:00
minuit               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:

maintenant           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:

h  :
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)