Date and Time Formatting

H

The hour part of the time in 24 hour style (i.e., 0 for midnight, 12 for noon, 5 for 5am, 17 for 5pm). One or two digits.

HH

The hour part of the time in 24 hour style. Always two digits with a leading zero if needed.

h

The hour part of the time in 12 hour style (i.e., 12 for midnight and noon, 5 for 5am and 5pm). One or two digits.

hh

The hour part of the time in 12 hour style. Always two digits with a leading zero if needed.

m

The minutes part of the time. One or two digits.

mm

The minutes part of the time. Always two digits with a leading zero if needed.

s

The seconds part of the time. One or two digits.

ss

The seconds part of the time. Always two digits with a leading zero if needed.

y

The two digit year (i.e., 98 for 1998, 15 for 2015).

Y

The four digit year (i.e., 1998 or 2015).

d

The day of the month. One or two digits.

dd

The day of the month. Always two digits with a leading zero if needed.

x

The day of the month with suffix. (i.e., 1st, 3rd, 10th, 22nd...).

a

am or pm

A

AM or PM

z

"z" if the time is UTC or nothing if the time is local.

Z

"Z" if the time is UTC or nothing if the time is local.

@

The short day of the week (i.e., Mon, Thu, Sat).

@@

The long day of the week (i.e., Monday, Thursday, Saturday).

#

The numerical month part of the date. One or two digits (i.e., 1 for January, 11 for November).

##

The numerical month part of the date. Always two digits with a leading zero if needed. (i.e., 01 for January, 11 for November).

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The short name of the month part of the date (i.e., Jan, Jul, Sep).

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The long name of the month part of the date (i.e., January, July, September).