Characters | Example | Description |
---|---|---|
Year | ||
y | 2008 | Year, no padding |
yy | 08 | Year, two digits (padding with a zero if necessary) |
yyyy | 2008 | Year, minimum of four digits (padding with zeros if necessary) |
Quarter | ||
Q | 4 | The quarter of the year. Use QQ if you want zero padding. |
QQQ | Q4 | Quarter including “Q” |
QQQQ | 4th quarter | Quarter spelled out |
Month | ||
M | 12 | The numeric month of the year. A single M will use ‘1’ for January. |
MM | 12 | The numeric month of the year. A double M will use ’01’ for January. |
MMM | Dec | The shorthand name of the month |
MMMM | December | Full name of the month |
MMMMM | D | Narrow name of the month |
Day | ||
d | 14 | The day of the month. A single d will use 1 for January 1st. |
dd | 14 | The day of the month. A double d will use 01 for January 1st. |
F | 3rd Tuesday in December | The day of week in the month |
E | Tues | The day of week in the month |
EEEE | Tuesday | The full name of the day |
EEEEE | T | The narrow day of week |
Hour | ||
h | 4 | The 12-hour hour. |
hh | 04 | The 12-hour hour padding with a zero if there is only 1 digit |
H | 16 | The 24-hour hour. |
HH | 16 | The 24-hour hour padding with a zero if there is only 1 digit. |
a | PM | AM / PM for 12-hour time formats |
Minute | ||
m | 35 | The minute, with no padding for zeroes. |
mm | 35 | The minute with zero padding. |
Second | ||
s | 8 | The seconds, with no padding for zeroes. |
ss | 08 | The seconds with zero padding. |
SSS | 1234 | The milliseconds. |
Time Zone | ||
zzz | CST | The 3 letter name of the time zone. Falls back to GMT-08:00 (hour offset) if the name is not known. |
zzzz | Central Standard Time | The expanded time zone name, falls back to GMT-08:00 (hour offset) if name is not known. |
ZZZZ | CST-06:00 | Time zone with abbreviation and offset |
Z | -0600 | RFC 822 GMT format. Can also match a literal Z for Zulu (UTC) time. |
ZZZZZ | -06:00 | ISO 8601 time zone format |
For the full reference of available format options, see Unicode Technical Reference #35. |
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