Time/Date Formats
| Format |
Description |
Example |
| %% |
% |
|
| %a |
Abbreviated day of the week |
Thu |
| %A |
Day name |
Thursday |
| %b |
Abbreviated month name |
Apr |
| %B |
Month name |
April |
| %d |
The day of the month as a number |
13 |
| %D |
mm/dd/yy date format (or %m/%d/%y) |
04/13/00 |
| %e |
Date of the month as a two digit number ranging from 1 through 31 |
13 |
| %H |
The hour (based on 24 hours) as a number ranging from 00 through 23 |
01 |
| %I |
The hour (based on 12 hours) as a number ranging from 00 through 12 |
01 |
| %j |
The day of the year as a number ranging from 01 through 366 |
104 |
| %m |
The month of the year as a number ranging from 01 through 12 |
04 |
| %M |
The minutes of an hour as a number ranging from 00 through 59 |
10 |
| %p |
AM or PM |
AM |
| %r |
The 12-hour clock time in local AM/PM notation Time as
"%I:%M:%S AM | PM" |
01:10:18 AM |
| %S |
The seconds of the minute as a decimal number (00 through 59) |
18 |
| %T |
The 24-hour time in "%H:%M:%S" format |
01:10:18 |
| %U |
The week of the year as a number (00 through 52) with Sunday as the first day of the week |
15 |
| %w |
The day of the week as a number (0 through 6) |
4 |
| %W |
The week of the year (00 through 53) with Monday as the first day of the week |
15 |
| %y |
Abbreviated year (00 to 99) |
00 |
| %Y |
Four digit year |
2000 |
| %Z |
The time zone name (if one can be determined) |
MDT |
