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. | Terminology | Definition | Examples | Symbols
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Pattern characters
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placeholder
symbol | The ASCII-range letters used in patterns,
character
in a placeholder field | G, y, M, d | pattern fields
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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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