---
name: "Date::Manip::Lang::dutch"
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::dutch"
---

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

Dutch language support.

## NAME

Date::Manip::Lang::dutch - Dutch 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:

  ```
     januari
     februari
     maart
     april
     mei
     juni
     juli
     augustus
     september
     oktober
     november
     december
  ```

  The following abbreviations may be used:

  ```
     jan
     feb
     maa
     mrt
     apr
     mei
     jun
     jul
     aug
     sep
     oct
     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:

  ```
     maandag
     dinsdag
     woensdag
     donderdag
     vrijdag
     zaterdag
     zondag
  ```

  The following abbreviations may be used:

  ```
     ma
     di
     wo
     do
     vr
     zat
     za
     zon
     zo
  ```

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

  ```
     M
     D
     W
     D
     V
     Za
     Zo
  ```

- **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:

  ```
     jaren
     jaar
     ja
     j
     maanden
     maand
     mnd
     weken
     week
     w
     dagen
     dag
     d
     uren
     uur
     u
     h
     minuten
     m
     minuut
     min
     seconden
     seconde
     sec
     s
  ```

- **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:

  ```
     am
     a.m.
     vm
     v.m.
     voormiddag
     's ochtends
     ochtend
     's nachts
     nacht
     pm
     p.m.
     nm
     n.m.
     namiddag
     's middags
     middag
     's avonds
     avond
  ```

- **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:

  ```
     elke
     elk
  ```

- **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:

  ```
     volgende
     volgend
  ```

  Previous occurrence:

  ```
     voorgaande
     voorgaand
     vorige
  ```

  Last occurrence:

  ```
     laatste
     afgelopen
  ```

- **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:

  ```
     geleden
     vroeger
     eerder
     over
     later
  ```

- **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:

  ```
     exact
     precies
     nauwkeurig
     ongeveer
     ong
     ong.
     circa
     ca
     ca.
  ```

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

  ```
     werk
     werkdagen
     zakelijke
     zakelijk
  ```

- **Numbers**

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

  ```
     1ste
     eerste
     een
     2de
     tweede
     twee
     3de
     derde
     drie
     4de
     vierde
     vier
     5de
     vijfde
     vijf
     6de
     zesde
     zes
     7de
     zevende
     zeven
     8ste
     achtste
     acht
     9de
     negende
     negen
     10de
     tiende
     tien
     11de
     elfde
     elf
     12de
     twaalfde
     twaalf
     13de
     dertiende
     dertien
     14de
     veertiende
     veertien
     15de
     vijftiende
     vijftien
     16de
     zestiende
     zestien
     17de
     zeventiende
     zeventien
     18de
     achttiende
     achttien
     19de
     negentiende
     negentien
     20ste
     twintigstetiende
     twintigtien
     twintig
     21ste
     eenentwintigstetiende
     een-en-twintigste
     eenentwintigtien
     een-en-twintig
     Eenentwintig
     22ste
     tweeentwintigstetiende
     twee-en-twintigste
     tweeentwintigtien
     twee-en-twintig
     tweeentwintig
     tweeentwintigste
     tweeëntwintig
     tweeëntwintigste
     23ste
     drieentwintigstetiende
     drie-en-twintigste
     drieentwintigtien
     drie-en-twintig
     drieentwintig
     drieentwintigste
     drieëntwintig
     drieëntwintigste
     24ste
     vierentwintigstetiende
     vier-en-twintigste
     vierentwintigtien
     vier-en-twintig
     vierentwintig
     vierentwintigste
     25ste
     vijfentwintigstetiende
     vijf-en-twintigste
     vijfentwintigtien
     vijf-en-twintig
     vijfentwintig
     vijfentwintigste
     26ste
     zesentwintigstetiende
     zes-en-twintigste
     zesentwintigtien
     zes-en-twintig
     zesentwintig
     zesentwintigste
     27ste
     zevenentwintigstetiende
     zeven-en-twintigste
     zevenentwintigtien
     zeven-en-twintig
     zevenentwintig
     zevenentwintigste
     28ste
     achtentwintigstetiende
     acht-en-twintigste
     achtentwintigtien
     acht-en-twintig
     achtentwintig
     achtentwintigste
     29ste
     negenentwintigstetiende
     negen-en-twintigste
     negenentwintigtien
     negen-en-twintig
     negenentwintig
     negenentwintigste
     30ste
     dertigsteentwintigstetiende
     dertigste-en-twintigste
     dertigentwintigtien
     dertig-en-twintig
     dertig
     dertigste
     31ste
     eenendertigsteentwintigstetiende
     een-en-dertigste-en-twintigste
     eenendertigentwintigtien
     een-en-dertig-en-twintig
     eenendertig
     eenendertigste
     32ste
     tweeendertig
     tweeendertigste
     tweeëndertig
     tweeëndertigste
     33ste
     drieendertig
     drieendertigste
     drieëndertig
     drieëndertigste
     34ste
     vierendertig
     vierendertigste
     35ste
     vijfendertig
     vijfendertigste
     36ste
     zesendertig
     zesendertigste
     37ste
     zevenendertig
     zevenendertigste
     38ste
     achtendertig
     achtendertigste
     39ste
     negenendertig
     negenendertigste
     40ste
     veertig
     veertigste
     41ste
     eenenveertig
     eenenveertigste
     42ste
     tweeënveertig
     tweeënveertigste
     tweeenveertig
     tweeenveertigste
     43ste
     drieënveertig
     drieënveertigste
     drieenveertig
     drieenveertigste
     44ste
     vierenveertig
     vierenveertigste
     45ste
     vijfenveertig
     vijfenveertigste
     46ste
     zesenveertig
     zesenveertigste
     47ste
     zevenenveertig
     zevenenveertigste
     48ste
     achtenveertig
     achtenveertigste
     49ste
     negenenveertig
     negenenveertigste
     50ste
     vijftig
     vijftigste
     51ste
     eenenvijftig
     eenenvijftigste
     52ste
     tweeënvijftig
     tweeënvijftigste
     tweeenvijftig
     tweeenvijftigste
     53ste
     drieënvijftig
     drieënvijftigste
     drieenvijftig
     drieenvijftigste
  ```

- **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:

  ```
     om
  ```

  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:

  ```
     in
     van
  ```

  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:

  ```
     op
  ```

- **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:

  ```
     eergisteren          -0:0:0:2:0:0:0
     gisteren             -0:0:0:1:0:0:0
     morgen               +0:0:0:1:0:0:0
     overmorgen           +0:0:0:2:0:0:0
     vandaag              0:0:0:0:0:0:0
  ```

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

  The following words may be used:

  ```
     middernacht          00:00:00
     noen                 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:

  ```
     nou                  0:0:0:0:0:0:0
     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:

  ```
     [.]  [.]
     [uh]  [m]
  ```

- **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)
