Date and Time Formatting
Common Date and Time Symbols
| Symbol | Meaning | Pattern | Example Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| y | year | yy y or yyyy | 96 1996 |
| M | month in year | M MM MMM MMMM MMMMM | 9 09 Sep September S |
| w | week of year | w ww | 27 27 |
| d | day in month | d dd | 2 02 |
| E | day of week | E, EE, or EEE EEEE EEEEE EEEEEE | Tue Tuesday T Tu |
| e | local day of week (example: if Monday is 1st day, Tuesday is 2nd) | e ee eee eeee eeeee eeeeee | 2 02 Tue Tuesday T Tu |
| a | AM or PM | a, aa, or aaa aaaa aaaaa | PM [abbrev] PM [wide] p |
| h | hour in am/pm (1–12) | h hh | 7 07 |
| H | hour in day (0–23) | H HH | 0 00 |
| m | minute in hour | m mm | 4 04 |
| s | second in minute | s ss | 5 05 |
| z | Time Zone: specific non-location | z, zz, or zzz zzzz | PDT Pacific Daylight Time |
| Z | Time Zone: ISO8601 basic hms? / RFC 822 Time Zone: long localized GMT (=OOOO) Time Zone: ISO8601 extended hms? (-XXXXX) | Z, ZZ, or ZZZ ZZZZ ZZZZZ | -0800 GMT-08:00 08:00, -07:52:58, Z |
| O | Time Zone: short localized GMT Time Zone: long localized GMT (=ZZZZ) | O OOOO | GMT-8 GMT-08:00 |
| v | Time Zone: generic non-location (falls back first to VVVV) | v vvvv | PT Pacific Time or Los Angeles Time |
| V | Time Zone: short time zone ID Time Zone: long time zone ID Time Zone: time zone exemplar city Time Zone: generic location (falls back to OOOO) | V VV VVV VVVV | uslax America/Los_Angeles Los Angeles Los Angeles Time |
Advanced Date and Time Symbols
See advanced date and time symbols here.