Date/Time Charts: Swahili

Index

The following chart shows typical usage of date and time formatting with the Gregorian calendar. There is important information on Date/Time Review, so please read that page before starting!

Patterns

Fields	English Example	Native Example
Full Month
year month	January 2012	Januari 2012	view
to month+1	January – February 2012	Januari–Februari 2012	view
to year+1	January 2012 – January 2013	Januari 2012 – Januari 2013	view
year month day	January 13, 2012	13 Januari 2012	view
to day+1	January 13 – 14, 2012	Januari 13 – 14, 2012	view
to month+1	January 13 – February 13, 2012	Januari 13 – 13, 2012	view
to year+1	January 13, 2012 – January 13, 2013	Januari 13 2012 – Januari 13 2013	view
year month day weekday	Friday, January 13, 2012	Ijumaa, 13 Januari 2012	view
to day+1	Friday, January 13 – Saturday, January 14, 2012	Ijumaa, Januari 13 – Jumamosi, Januari 14 2012	view
to month+1	Friday, January 13 – Monday, February 13, 2012	Ijumaa, Januari 13– Jumatatu, Februari 13 2012	view
to year+1	Friday, January 13, 2012 – Sunday, January 13, 2013	Ijumaa, Januari 13 2012 – Jumapili, Januari 13 2013	view
month day	January 13	13 Januari	view
to day+1	January 13 – 14	Januari 13–14	view
to month+1	January 13 – February 13	Januari 13 – Februari 13	view
month day weekday	Friday, January 13	Ijumaa, 13 Januari	view
to day+1	Friday, January 13 – Saturday, January 14	Januari 13, Ijumaa – Januari 14, Jumamosi	view
to month+1	Friday, January 13 – Monday, February 13	Januari 13, Ijumaa – Februari 13, Jumatatu	view
Abbreviated Month
year month_a	Jan 2012	Jan 2012	view
to month+1	Jan – Feb 2012	Jan – Feb 2012	view
to year+1	Jan 2012 – Jan 2013	Jan 2012 – Jan 2013	view
year month_a day	Jan 13, 2012	13 Jan 2012	view
to day+1	Jan 13 – 14, 2012	Jan 13 – 14, 2012	view
to month+1	Jan 13 – Feb 13, 2012	Jan 13 – 13, 2012	view
to year+1	Jan 13, 2012 – Jan 13, 2013	Jan 13 2012 – Jan 13 2013	view
year month_a day weekday	Fri, Jan 13, 2012	Ijumaa, Jan 13, 2012	view
to day+1	Fri, Jan 13 – Sat, Jan 14, 2012	Ijumaa, Jan 13 – Jumamosi, Jan 14 2012	view
to month+1	Fri, Jan 13 – Mon, Feb 13, 2012	Ijumaa, Jan 13– Jumatatu, Feb 13 2012	view
to year+1	Fri, Jan 13, 2012 – Sun, Jan 13, 2013	Ijumaa, Jan 13 2012 – Jumapili, Jan 13 2013	view
month_a day	Jan 13	13 Jan	view
to day+1	Jan 13 – 14	Jan 13–14	view
to month+1	Jan 13 – Feb 13	Jan 13 – Feb 13	view
month_a day weekday	Fri, Jan 13	Ijumaa, 13 Jan	view
to day+1	Fri, Jan 13 – Sat, Jan 14	Jan 13, Ijumaa – Jan 14, Jumamosi	view
to month+1	Fri, Jan 13 – Mon, Feb 13	Jan 13, Ijumaa – Feb 13, Jumatatu	view
Numeric Month
year month_n	1/2012	1/2012	view
to month+1	1/2012 – 2/2012	1/2012 – 2/2012	view
to year+1	1/2012 – 1/2013	1/2012 – 1/2013	view
year month_n day	1/13/2012	13/1/2012	view
to day+1	1/13/2012 – 1/14/2012	13/1/2012 – 14/1/2012	view
to month+1	1/13/2012 – 2/13/2012	13/1/2012 – 13/2/2012	view
to year+1	1/13/2012 – 1/13/2013	13/1/2012 – 13/1/2013	view
year month_n day weekday	Fri, 1/13/2012	Ijumaa, 13/1/2012	view
to day+1	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sat, 1/14/2012	Ijumaa, 13/1/2012 – Jumamosi, 14/1/2012	view
to month+1	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Mon, 2/13/2012	Ijumaa, 13/1/2012 – Jumatatu, 13/2/2012	view
to year+1	Fri, 1/13/2012 – Sun, 1/13/2013	Ijumaa, 13/1/2012 – Jumapili, 13/1/2013	view
month_n day	1/13	13/1	view
to day+1	1/13 – 1/14	13/1 – 14/1	view
to month+1	1/13 – 2/13	13/1 – 13/2	view
month_n day weekday	Fri, 1/13	Ijumaa, 13/1	view
to day+1	Fri, 1/13 – Sat, 1/14	Ijumaa, 13/1 – Jumamosi, 14/1	view
to month+1	Fri, 1/13 – Mon, 2/13	Ijumaa, 13/1 – Jumatatu, 13/2	view
Other Dates
year	2012	2012	view
to year+1	2012 – 2013	2012–2013	view
year quarter	1st quarter 2012	Robo ya 1 2012	view
year quarter_a	Q1 2012	2012 Robo ya 1	view
quarter	1st quarter	Robo ya 1
quarter_a	Q1	Robo ya 1
month	January	Januari	view
to month+1	January – February	Januari–Februari	view
month_a	Jan	Jan	view
to month+1	Jan – Feb	Jan–Feb	view
month_n	1	1	view
to month+1	1 – 2	1 – 2	view
day	13	13	view
to day+1	13 – 14	13 – 14	view
day weekday	13 Fri	Ijumaa 13	view
to day+1	13 Fri – 14 Sat	Ijumaa 13 – Jumamosi 14
weekday	Friday	Ijumaa	view
to weekday+1	Friday – Saturday	Ijumaa – Jumamosi
weekday_a	Fri	Ijumaa	view
to weekday+1	Fri – Sat	Ijumaa – Jumamosi
Times
hour	9 PM	21	view
to hour+1	8 PM – 9 PM	20 – 21	view
hour minute	9:45 PM	21:45	view
to minute+1	8:45 PM – 8:46 PM	20:45 – 20:46	view
to hour+1	8:45 PM – 9:45 PM	20:45 – 21:45	view
hour minute second	9:45:59 PM	21:45:59	view
minute second	45:59	45:59	view
minute	45	45
second	59	59
Dates and Times
month, day, hour, minute	1/13, 9:45 PM	13/1 21:45
month, day, hour, minute	Jan 13, 9:45 PM	13 Jan 21:45
month, day, hour, minute	January 13, 9:45 PM	13 Januari 21:45
year month, day, hour, minute	1/13/2012, 9:45:59 PM	13/1/2012 21:45:59
year month, day, hour, minute	Jan 13, 2012, 9:45:59 PM	13 Jan 2012 21:45:59
year month, day, hour, minute	January 13, 2012, 9:45:59 PM	13 Januari 2012 21:45:59
year month, day, hour, minute, zone	January 13, 2012, 9:45:59 PM France Time	13 Januari 2012 21:45:59 Saa za Ufaransa
year month, day, hour, minute, zone (long)	January 13, 2012, 9:45:59 PM Central European Time	13 Januari 2012 21:45:59 Saa za Ulaya ya Kati
Relative Dates
3 years ago	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
2 years ago	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
Last year	last year	mwaka uliopita	view
This year	this year	mwaka huu	view
Next year	next year	mwaka ujao	view
2 years from now	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
3 years from now	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
3 months ago	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
Last month	last month	mwezi uliopita	view
This month	this month	mwezi huu	view
Next month	next month	mwezi ujao	view
3 months from now	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
6 weeks ago	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
Last week	last week	wiki iliyopita	view
This week	this week	wiki hii	view
Next week	next week	wiki ijayo	view
6 weeks from now	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
Last Sunday	last Sunday	Jumapili iliyopita	view
This Sunday	this Sunday	Jumapili hii	view
Next Sunday	next Sunday	Jumapili ijayo	view
Last Sunday + time	last Sunday at 8:45 PM	Jumapili iliyopita 20:45	view
This Sunday + time	this Sunday at 8:45 PM	Jumapili hii 20:45	view
Next Sunday + time	next Sunday at 8:45 PM	Jumapili ijayo 20:45	view
3 days ago	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
Yesterday	yesterday	jana	view
This day	today	leo	view
Tomorrow	tomorrow	kesho	view
3 days from now	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ
3 days ago + time	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ at 8:45 PM	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ 20:45
Last day + time	yesterday at 8:45 PM	jana 20:45	view
This day + time	today at 8:45 PM	leo 20:45	view
Next day + time	tomorrow at 8:45 PM	kesho 20:45	view
3 days from now + time	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ at 8:45 PM	ⓜⓘⓢⓢⓘⓝⓖ 20:45
Additional Patterns in Locale data
EHm	Fri 21:45	Ijumaa 21:45	view
EHms	Fri 21:45:59	Ijumaa 21:45:59	view
G	AD	AD
Gy	2012 AD	2012 AD	view
GyMMM	Jan 2012 AD	Jan 2012 AD	view
GyMMMEd	Fri, Jan 13, 2012 AD	Ijumaa, Jan 13, 2012 AD	view
GyMMMd	Jan 13, 2012 AD	13 Jan 2012 AD	view
MMMMEd	Fri, January 13	Ijumaa, 13 Januari	view
yMMMMEd	Fri, January 13, 2012	Ijumaa, 13 Januari 2012	view

Weekdays

English

Wide

Abbr.

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Sunday

Jumapili

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Jumapili

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Monday

Jumatatu

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Jumatatu

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Tuesday

Jumanne

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Jumanne

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Wednesday

Jumatano

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Jumatano

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Thursday

Alhamisi

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Alhamisi

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Friday

Ijumaa

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Ijumaa

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Saturday

Jumamosi

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Jumamosi

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Months

English

Wide

Abbr.

Narrow

January

Januari

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Jan

view

February

Februari

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Feb

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March

Machi

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Mac

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April

Aprili

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Apr

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May

Mei

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Mei

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June

Juni

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Jun

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July

Julai

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Jul

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August

Agosti

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Ago

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September

Septemba

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Sep

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October

Oktoba

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Okt

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November

Novemba

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Nov

view

December

Desemba

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Des

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Quarters

English

Wide

Abbr.

Narrow

1st quarter

Robo ya 1

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Robo ya 1

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2nd quarter

Robo ya 2

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Robo ya 2

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3rd quarter

Robo ya 3

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Robo ya 3

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4th quarter

Robo ya 4

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Robo ya 4

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Day Periods

Please review these and correct if needed. The Wide fields are the most important. To correct them, go to view and following. Note: Day Periods can be a bit tricky; for more information, see Day Periods.

DayPeriodID	Time Span(s)	Format				Standalone
		Wide		Abbreviated	Narrow	Wide		Abbreviated	Narrow
		English	Native	Native	Native	English	Native	Native	Native
midnight	00:00	12:00 midnight	12:00 saa sita za usiku	12:00 saa sita za usiku	12:00 saa sita za usiku	midnight	saa sita za usiku	saa sita za usiku	saa sita za usiku
night1	00:00 – 04:00⁻; 19:00 – 24:00⁻	2:00 at night	2:00 usiku	2:00 usiku	2:00 usiku	night	usiku	usiku	usiku
morning1	04:00 – 07:00⁻	5:30 at night	5:30 alfajiri	5:30 alfajiri	5:30 alfajiri	morning	alfajiri	alfajiri	alfajiri
morning2	07:00 – 12:00⁻	9:30 in the morning	9:30 asubuhi	9:30 asubuhi	9:30 asubuhi	unused	asubuhi	asubuhi	asubuhi
noon	12:00	12:00 noon	12:00 saa sita za mchana	12:00 saa sita za mchana	12:00 saa sita za mchana	noon	saa sita za mchana	saa sita za mchana	saa sita za mchana
afternoon1	12:00 – 16:00⁻	2:00 in the afternoon	2:00 mchana	2:00 mchana	2:00 mchana	afternoon	mchana	mchana	mchana
evening1	16:00 – 19:00⁻	5:30 in the afternoon	5:30 jioni	5:30 jioni	5:30 jioni	evening	jioni	jioni	jioni