af-ZA
Afrikaans (South Africa) · Afrikaans (Suid-Afrika)
af-ZA is the locale for Afrikaans (South Africa) (Afrikaans (Suid-Afrika)). Numbers are written 1 234 567,891, short dates look like 2026-03-27, times like 15:04, and ZAR amounts like R 1 234 567,89. Text runs left to right.
Number1 234 567,891decimal “,” group “ ”
Short date2026-03-27y-MM-dd
Short time15:04HH:mm
Currency (ZAR)R 1 234 567,89
DirectionLTRLatin
Plural forms2one, other
Overview
- Name
- Afrikaans (South Africa)
- Native name
- Afrikaans (Suid-Afrika)
- Language
- Afrikaans af
- Script
- Latin Latn (implied)
- Region
- 🇿🇦 South Africa ZA
- Maximized tag
- af-Latn-ZA
- Direction
- Left to right
- Fallback chain
- af-ZA
- af
- root
- Data source
- Inherits all data from af (CLDR default content)
Formatting examples
Amounts in ZAR, using the sample value 1234567.891 and March 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM UTC.
- Number
- 1 234 567,891
- Percent
- 45,7%
- Currency (ZAR)
- R 1 234 567,89
- Accounting
- (R 1 234 567,89)
- Currency, name
- 1 234 567,89 Suid-Afrikaanse rand
- Compact short
- 1,2 m
- Compact long
- 1,2 miljoen
- Scientific
- 1,235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometer per uur
- Temperature
- 21,5 °C
- Date, full
- Vrydag 27 Maart 2026
- Date, long
- 27 Maart 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mrt. 2026
- Date, short
- 2026-03-27
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 Mrt. 2026 15:04
- Month and year
- Maart 2026
- Weekday
- Vrydag
- Relative time
- gister · oor 3 dae · 2 uur gelede
- List: and
- A, B en C
- List: or
- A, B of C
Numbers
- Numbering system
- latn 0123456789
- Minimum grouping digits
- 1
- Decimal pattern
#,##0.###- Percent pattern
#,##0%- Currency pattern
¤#,##0.00- Accounting pattern
¤#,##0.00;(¤#,##0.00)
Symbols
Decimal
,Grouping
List separator
;Percent
%Per mille
‰Plus
+Minus
-Exponent
EInfinity
∞NaN
NaNTime separator
:Date and time patterns
- Date, full
EEEE dd MMMM y- Date, long
dd MMMM y- Date, medium
dd MMM y- Date, short
y-MM-dd- Time, full
HH:mm:ss zzzz- Time, long
HH:mm:ss z- Time, medium
HH:mm:ss- Time, short
HH:mm- Date and time
{1} {0}- Skeleton yMd
y-MM-dd- Skeleton yMMMd
d MMM y- Skeleton yMMMEd
E d MMM y- Skeleton yM
MM-y- Skeleton yMMM
MMM y- Skeleton MMMd
d MMM- Skeleton Md
dd-MM- Skeleton Hm
HH:mm- Skeleton Hms
HH:mm:ss- Skeleton hm
h:mm a- Skeleton hms
h:mm:ss a- Skeleton yQQQ
QQQ y- AM / PM
- vm. / nm.
- Eras
- v.C. / n.C.
Month and weekday names
Months
- Januarie Jan.
- Februarie Feb.
- Maart Mrt.
- April Apr.
- Mei Mei
- Junie Jun.
- Julie Jul.
- Augustus Aug.
- September Sep.
- Oktober Okt.
- November Nov.
- Desember Des.
Weekdays
- Sondag So. · S
- Maandag Ma. · M
- Dinsdag Di. · D
- Woensdag Wo. · W
- Donderdag Do. · D
- Vrydag Vr. · V
- Saterdag Sa. · S
Plural rules
Cardinal
| Category | Rule | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| one | n = 1 | 1 |
| other | (everything else) | 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, … |
Ordinal
| Category | Rule | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| other | (everything else) | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, … |
Punctuation and alphabet
- Quotation marks
- “text” nested ‘text’
- List pattern
{0}, {1} … {0} en {1}- Exemplar letters
- aáâ b c d eéèêë f g h iîï j k l m n oôö p q r s t uû v w x y z
- Auxiliary letters
- àåäã æ ç íì óò úùü ý
- Index letters
- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z