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stringi (version 1.3.1)

stri_datetime_symbols: List Localizable Date-Time Formatting Data

Description

Returns a list of all localizable date-time formatting data, including month and weekday names, localized AM/PM strings, etc.

Usage

stri_datetime_symbols(locale = NULL, context = "standalone",
  width = "wide")

Arguments

locale

NULL or "" for default locale, or a single string with locale identifier

context

single string; one of: "format", "standalone"

width

single string; one of: "abbreviated", "wide", "narrow"

Value

Returns a list with the following named components:

  1. Month - month names,

  2. Weekday - weekday names,

  3. Quarter - quarter names,

  4. AmPm - AM/PM names,

  5. Era - era names.

Details

context stands for a selector for date formatting context and width - for date formatting width.

References

Calendar - ICU User Guide, http://userguide.icu-project.org/datetime/calendar

DateFormatSymbols class -- ICU API Documentation, http://icu-project.org/apiref/icu4c/classicu_1_1DateFormatSymbols.html

Formatting Dates and Times -- ICU User Guide, http://userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/datetime

See Also

Other datetime: stri_datetime_add, stri_datetime_create, stri_datetime_fields, stri_datetime_format, stri_datetime_fstr, stri_datetime_now, stri_timezone_get, stri_timezone_info, stri_timezone_list

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
stri_datetime_symbols() # uses the Gregorian calendar in most locales
stri_datetime_symbols("@calendar=hebrew")
stri_datetime_symbols("he_IL@calendar=hebrew")
stri_datetime_symbols("@calendar=islamic")
stri_datetime_symbols("@calendar=persian")
stri_datetime_symbols("@calendar=indian")
stri_datetime_symbols("@calendar=coptic")
stri_datetime_symbols("@calendar=japanese")

stri_datetime_symbols("ja_JP_TRADITIONAL") # uses the Japanese calendar by default
stri_datetime_symbols("th_TH_TRADITIONAL") # uses the Buddhist calendar

stri_datetime_symbols("pl_PL", context="format")
stri_datetime_symbols("pl_PL", context="standalone")

stri_datetime_symbols(width="wide")
stri_datetime_symbols(width="abbreviated")
stri_datetime_symbols(width="narrow")

# }

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