---
name: "Date::Manip::Lang::danish"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-date-manip"
version: "7.00-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Date::Manip::Lang::danish"
---

# Date::Manip::Lang::danish(3pm)

Danish language support.

## NAME

Date::Manip::Lang::danish - Danish 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
     Februar
     Marts
     April
     Maj
     Juni
     Juli
     August
     September
     Oktober
     November
     December
  ```

  The following abbreviations may be used:

  ```
     Jan
     Feb
     Mar
     Apr
     Maj
     Jun
     Jul
     Aug
     Sep
     Okt
     Nov
     Dec
  ```

- **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:

  ```
     Mandag
     Tirsdag
     Onsdag
     Torsdag
     Fredag
     Lørdag
     Lordag
     Søndag
     Sondag
  ```

  The following abbreviations may be used:

  ```
     Man
     Tir
     Ons
     Tor
     Fre
     Lør
     Lor
     Søn
     Son
  ```

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

  ```
     M
     Ti
     O
     To
     F
     L
     S
  ```

- **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:

  ```
     ar
     år
     maneder
     måneder
     man
     maned
     mån
     måned
     uger
     u
     uge
     dage
     d
     dag
     timer
     t
     tim
     time
     minutter
     m
     min
     minut
     sekunder
     s
     sek
     sekund
  ```

- **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
     f.m.
     EM
     e.m.
  ```

- **Each or every**

  There are a list of words that specify every occurrence of something.  These are used in the following phrases:

  ```
     EACH Monday
     EVERY Monday
     EVERY month
  ```

  The following words may be used:

  ```
     hver
  ```

- **Next/Previous/Last occurrence**

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

  ```
     naste
     næste
  ```

  Previous occurrence:

  ```
     forrige
  ```

  Last occurrence:

  ```
     forrige
     sidste
     nyeste
  ```

- **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:

  ```
     siden
     om
     senere
  ```

- **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:

  ```
     pracist
     præcist
     circa
  ```

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

  ```
     arbejdsdag
     arbejdsdage
  ```

- **Numbers**

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

  ```
     1.
     forste
     første
     en
     2.
     anden
     to
     3.
     tredie
     tre
     4.
     fjerde
     fire
     5.
     femte
     fem
     6.
     sjette
     seks
     7.
     syvende
     syv
     8.
     ottende
     otte
     9.
     niende
     ni
     10.
     tiende
     ti
     11.
     elfte
     elleve
     12.
     tolvte
     tolv
     13.
     trettende
     tretten
     14.
     fjortende
     fjorten
     15.
     femtende
     femten
     16.
     sekstende
     seksten
     17.
     syttende
     sytten
     18.
     attende
     atten
     19.
     nittende
     nitten
     20.
     tyvende
     tyve
     21.
     enogtyvende
     enogtyve
     22.
     toogtyvende
     toogtyve
     23.
     treogtyvende
     treogtyve
     24.
     fireogtyvende
     fireogtyve
     25.
     femogtyvende
     femogtyve
     26.
     seksogtyvende
     seksogtyve
     27.
     syvogtyvende
     syvogtyve
     28.
     otteogtyvende
     otteogtyve
     29.
     niogtyvende
     niogtyve
     30.
     tredivte
     tredive
     31.
     enogtredivte
     enogtredive
     32.
     toogtredivte
     toogtredive
     33.
     treogtredivte
     treogtredive
     34.
     fireogtredivte
     fireogtredive
     35.
     femogtredivte
     femogtredive
     36.
     seksogtredivte
     seksogtredive
     37.
     syvogtredivte
     syvogtredive
     38.
     otteogtredivte
     otteogtredive
     39.
     niogtredivte
     niogtredive
     40.
     fyrretyvende
     fyrre
     41.
     enogtyvende
     enogtyve
     42.
     toogtyvende
     toogtyve
     43.
     treogtyvende
     treogtyve
     44.
     fireogtyvende
     fireogtyve
     45.
     femogtyvende
     femogtyve
     46.
     seksogtyvende
     seksogtyve
     47.
     syvogtyvende
     syvogtyve
     48.
     otteogtyvende
     otteogtyve
     49.
     niogtyvende
     niogtyve
     50.
     halvtredsindstyvende
     halvtreds
     51.
     enogindstyvende
     enogindstyve
     52.
     toogindstyvende
     toogindstyve
     53.
     treogindstyvende
     treogindstyve
  ```

- **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:

  ```
     klokken
     kl
     kl.
  ```

  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:

  ```
     om
  ```

  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:

  ```
     pa
     på
  ```

- **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:

  ```
     idag                 0:0:0:0:0:0:0
     igar                 -0:0:0:1:0:0:0
     igår                 -0:0:0:1:0:0:0
     imorgen              +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:

  ```
     midnat               00:00:00
     midt pa dagen        12:00:00
     midt på dagen        12:00:00
  ```

  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:

  ```
     nu                   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 ALWAYS allowed for all languages.  If a language allows additional pairs, they are listed here:

  ```
     \.  :
  ```

- **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)
