Format Text

Format text is composed of time format directives, each matching data described below.

%%

% literal.

%A

Full weekday name according to the current locale.

%B

Full month name according to the current locale.

%D

Equivalent to %m/%d/%y.

%F

Equivalent to %Y-%m-%d.

%H

Hour of the day using the 24-hour clock (00..23).

%I

Hour of the day using the 12-hour clock (01..12).

%M

Minute of the hour (00..59).

%P

Like %p, the period of the day according to the current locale, but lowercase.

%R

Equivalent to %H:%M.

%S

Second of the minute (00..60).

%T

Equivalent to %H:%M:%S.

%Y

Year of the era (1970..9999).

%Z

Alphabetic time zone abbreviation.

%a

Abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale.

%b

Abbreviated month name according to the current locale.

%d

Day of the month (01..31).

%e

Like %d, the day of the month, but a leading zero is replaced with a space.

%f

Fraction of the second prefixed by a period (.0..999999999).

%h

Equivalent to %b.

%l

Like %I, the hour of the day using the 12-hour clock, but a leading zero is replaced with a space.

%m

Month of the year (01..12).

%p

Period of the day according to the current locale.

%r

Equivalent to %I:%M:%S %p.

%y

Year of the era without the century (00..99).

%z

Numeric time zone.