List of supported format specifiers.
- %a - abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale
- %A - full weekday name according to the current locale
- %b - abbreviated month name according to the current locale
- %B - full month name according to the current locale
- %c - preferred date and time representation for the current locale
- %C - century number (the year divided by 100 and truncated to an integer, range 00 to 99)
- %d - day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31)
- %D - same as m/d/y
- %e - day of the month as a decimal number, a single digit is preceded by a space (range ' 1' to '31')
- %g - like G, but without the century
- %G - The 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number
- %h - same as b
- %H - hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23)
- %I - hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12)
- %j - day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to 366)
- %m - month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12)
- %M - minute as a decimal number
- %n - newline character
- %p - either `AM' or `PM' according to the given time value, or the corresponding strings for the current locale
- %P - like p, but lower case
- %r - time in a.m. and p.m. notation equal to I:M:S p
- %R - time in 24 hour notation equal to H:M
- %S - second as a decimal number
- %t - tab character
- %T - current time, equal to H:M:S
- %u - weekday as a decimal number [1,7], with 1 representing Monday
- %U - week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of the first week
- %V - The ISO 8601:1988 week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 01 to 53, where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year, and with Monday as the first day of the week.
- %w - day of the week as a decimal, Sunday being 0
- %W - week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Monday as the first day of the first week
- %x - preferred date representation for the current locale without the time
- %X - preferred time representation for the current locale without the date
- %y - year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99)
- %Y - year as a decimal number including the century
- %z - numerical time zone representation
- %Z - time zone name or abbreviation
- %% - a literal `%' character
Examples
- Natural language:
- %A, %d %B
- ISO 8601:
- %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z
- YYYY/mm/dd:
- %Y/%m/%d
- Preferred:
- %c
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