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| title: Date & Time terminology |
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| # Date & Time terminology |
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| This topic is **in-progress** and and **not finalized** yet for use. |
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| Following are terminology and definitions that are used for Date and Time structure and data in CLDR. The terminology used in CLDR have dependency on LDML Spec #35 and names of methods and objects in ICU. |
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| | Terminology | Definition | Examples | |
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| | Symbols or Pattern characters or placeholder symbol | The ASCII-range letters used in patterns, character in a placeholder field | G, y, M, d | |
| | pattern fields or placeholder fields | A sequence of one or more of the above used in a pattern sequence of characters that is replaced in a pattern at runtime, like MMM, {1}, "###" (in numbers) | MMM E | |
| | Spec: Elements ICU: textual forms as symbols | The specific localized values that replace a pattern fields depending on the date | Monday or January, or 7. | |
| | **calendar fields** | The abstract calendar type that is represented by the letters | era or year. | |
| | calendar field “ **names**" | The localized names for each type of calendar field | “era” or “year”: | |
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