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Date & Time Code format List

Format Code List


The table below shows all the format codes that you can use.

Sun, Mon, ...


%a Abbreviated weekday name.


Sunday, Monday, ...


%A Full weekday name.


0, 1, ..., 6


%w Weekday as a decimal number.


01, 02, ..., 31


%d Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal.


1, 2, ..., 30


%-d Day of the month as a decimal number.


Jan, Feb, ..., Dec


%b Abbreviated month name.

January, February, ...


%B Full month name.


01, 02, ..., 12


%m Month as a zero-padded decimal number.

1, 2, ..., 12


%-m Month as a decimal number.

00, 01, ..., 99


%y Year without century as a zero-padded decimal number.

0, 1, ..., 99


%-y Year without century as a decimal number.

2013, 2019 etc.


%Y Year with century as a decimal number.

00, 01, ..., 23


%H Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number.

0, 1, ..., 23


%-H Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number.

01, 02, ..., 12


%I Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number.

1, 2, ... 12


%-I Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number.

AM, PM


%p Locale’s AM or PM.

00, 01, ..., 59


%M Minute as a zero-padded decimal number.

0, 1, ..., 59


%-M Minute as a decimal number.

00, 01, ..., 59


%S Second as a zero-padded decimal number.

0, 1, ..., 59


%-S Second as a decimal number.

000000 - 999999


%f Microsecond as a decimal number, zero-padded on the left.

UTC offset


%z UTC offset in the form +HHMM or -HHMM.

Time zone name


%Z Time zone name.

001, 002, ..., 366


%j Day of the year as a zero-padded decimal number.

1, 2, ..., 366


%-j Day of the year as a decimal number.

00, 01, ..., 53


%U Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week). All days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0.

00, 01, ..., 53


%W Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week). All days in a new year preceding the first Monday are considered to be in week 0.

Mon Sep 30 07:06:05 2013


%c Locale’s appropriate date and time representation.

09/30/13


%x Locale’s appropriate date representation.

07:06:05


%X Locale’s appropriate time representation.

%


%% A literal '%' character.

Updated on: 25/07/2022

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