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B.3. Date/Time Key Words

Table B.1 shows the tokens that are recognized as names of months.

Table B.1. Month Names

Month Abbreviations

January

Jan

February

Feb

March

Mar

April

Apr

May

June

Jun

July

Jul

August

Aug

September

Sep, Sept

October

Oct

November

Nov

December

Dec

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Table B.2 shows the tokens that are recognized as names of days of the week.

Table B.2. Day of the Week Names

Day Abbreviations

Sunday

Sun

Monday

Mon

Tuesday

Tue, Tues

Wednesday

Wed, Weds

Thursday

Thu, Thur, Thurs

Friday

Fri

Saturday

Sat

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Table B.3 shows the tokens that serve various modifier purposes.

Table B.3. Date/Time Field Modifiers

Identifier Description

AM

Time is before 12:00

AT

Ignored

JULIAN, JD, J

Next field is Julian Date

ON

Ignored

PM

Time is on or after 12:00

T

Next field is time

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