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| Monday, Jan 27, 2020 | EEEE, MMM d, yyyy |
| 01/27/2020 | MM/dd/yyyy |
| 01-27-2020 11:29 | MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm |
| Jan 27, 11:29 AM | MMM d, h:mm a |
| January 2020 | MMMM yyyy |
| Jan 27, 2020 | MMM d, yyyy |
| Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:29:12 +0000 | E, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z |
| 2020-01-27T11:29:12+0000 | yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ |
| 27.01.20 | dd.MM.yy |
| 11:29:12.616 | HH:mm:ss.SSS |
The following table’s sample column are mostly based on the time December 14th, 2008 4:35 PM UTC.
| 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 | Tue | The abbreviation for the day of the week |
| EEEE | Tuesday | The wide name of the day of the week |
| EEEEE | T | The narrow day of week |
| EEEEEE | Tu | The short 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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