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 human readable date/time input in english (be aware that the parser does not distinguish between lower/upper case):

Simple

 now
 yesterday
 today
 tomorrow
 morning
 afternoon
 evening
 noon
 midnight
 yesterday at noon
 yesterday at midnight
 today at noon
 today at midnight
 tomorrow at noon
 tomorrow at midnight
 this morning
 this afternoon
 this evening
 yesterday morning
 yesterday afternoon
 yesterday evening
 today morning
 today afternoon
 today evening
 tomorrow morning
 tomorrow afternoon
 tomorrow evening
 5am yesterday
 5am today
 5am tomorrow
 4pm yesterday
 4pm today
 4pm tomorrow
 last second
 this second
 next second
 last minute
 this minute
 next minute
 last hour
 this hour
 next hour
 last day
 this day
 next day
 last week
 this week
 next week
 last month
 this month
 next month
 last year
 this year
 next year
 last friday
 this friday
 next friday
 tuesday last week
 tuesday this week
 tuesday next week
 last week wednesday
 this week wednesday
 next week wednesday
 10 seconds ago
 10 minutes ago
 10 hours ago
 10 days ago
 10 weeks ago
 10 months ago
 10 years ago
 in 5 seconds
 in 5 minutes
 in 5 hours
 in 5 days
 in 5 weeks
 in 5 months
 in 5 years
 saturday
 sunday 11:00
 yesterday at 4:00
 today at 4:00
 tomorrow at 4:00
 yesterday at 6:45pm
 today at 6:45pm
 tomorrow at 6:45pm
 yesterday at 2:32 AM
 today at 2:32 AM
 tomorrow at 2:32 AM
 yesterday at 2:32 PM
 today at 2:32 PM
 tomorrow at 2:32 PM
 yesterday 2:32am
 today 2:32am
 tomorrow 2:32am
 yesterday 2:32pm
 today 2:32pm
 tomorrow 2:32pm
 wednesday at 14:30
 wednesday at 02:30pm
 wednesday 14:30
 wednesday 02:30pm
 friday 03:00 am
 friday 03:00 pm
 sunday at 05:00 am
 sunday at 05:00 pm
 2nd monday
 100th day
 4th february
 november 3rd
 last june
 next october
 6 am
 5am
 5:30am
 8 pm
 4pm
 4:20pm
 mon 2:35

Complex

 yesterday 7 seconds ago
 yesterday 7 minutes ago
 yesterday 7 hours ago
 yesterday 7 days ago
 yesterday 7 weeks ago
 yesterday 7 months ago
 yesterday 7 years ago
 tomorrow 3 seconds ago
 tomorrow 3 minutes ago
 tomorrow 3 hours ago
 tomorrow 3 days ago
 tomorrow 3 weeks ago
 tomorrow 3 months ago
 tomorrow 3 years ago
 2 seconds before now
 2 minutes before now
 2 hours before now
 2 days before now
 2 weeks before now
 2 months before now
 2 years before now
 4 seconds from now
 4 minutes from now
 4 hours from now
 4 days from now
 4 weeks from now
 4 months from now
 4 years from now
 6 in the morning
 4 in the afternoon
 9 in the evening
 monday 6 in the morning
 monday 4 in the afternoon
 monday 9 in the evening
 last sunday at 21:45
 monday last week
 6th day last week
 6th day this week
 6th day next week
 12th day last month
 12th day this month
 12th day next month
 1st day last year
 1st day this year
 1st day next year
 1st tuesday last november
 1st tuesday this november
 1st tuesday next november
 11 january next year
 11 january this year
 11 january last year
 6 hours before yesterday
 6 hours before tomorrow
 3 hours after yesterday
 3 hours after tomorrow
 10 hours before noon
 10 hours before midnight
 5 hours after noon
 5 hours after midnight
 noon last friday
 midnight last friday
 noon this friday
 midnight this friday
 noon next friday
 midnight next friday
 last friday at 20:00
 this friday at 20:00
 next friday at 20:00
 1am last friday
 1am this friday
 1am next friday
 1pm last friday
 1pm this friday
 1pm next friday
 yesterday at 13:00
 today at 13:00
 tomorrow at 13
 2nd friday in august
 3rd wednesday in november
 tomorrow 1 year ago
 saturday 3 months ago at 5:00pm
 11 january 2 years ago
 4th day last week
 8th month last year
 8th month this year
 8th month next year
 6 mondays from now
 fri 3 months ago at 5am
 wednesday 1 month ago at 8pm
 final thursday in april
 last thursday in april

Timespans

 Monday to Friday
 1 April to 31 August
 1999-12-31 to tomorrow
 now to 2010-01-01
 2009-03-10 9:00 to 11:00
 1/3 to 2/3
 2/3 to in 1 week
 3/3 21:00 to in 5 days
 first day of 2009 to last day of 2009
 first day of may to last day of may
 first to last day of 2008
 first to last day of september
 for 4 seconds
 for 4 minutes
 for 4 hours
 for 4 days
 for 4 weeks
 for 4 months
 for 4 years

Specific Dates

 march
 January 11
 11 January
 dec 25
 feb 28 3am
 feb 28 3pm
 may 27th
 2005
 march 1st 2009
 October 2006
 february 14, 2004
 jan 3 2010
 3 jan 2000
 27/5/1979
 1/3
 1/3 16:00
 4:00
 17:00
 3:20:00

SEE ALSO

DateTime::Format::Natural

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.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/