Format Specifiers

This table lists the format specifiers:

Format Specifier

Description

%8

ISO-8601 date format. Valid format is YYYYMMDD’T’HHMMSS’.’sssZ

Note

This date format cannot be combined with any other format specifier.

%a

Abbreviated weekday name.

%A

Full weekday name.

%b

Abbreviated month name.

%B

Full month name.

%d

Day of the month as a decimal number (01 - 31).

%H

Hour in 24-hour format (00 - 23).

%I

Hour in 12-hour format (01 - 12).

%j

Day of the year as a decimal number (001 - 365).

%j%y

Day of the leap year as a decimal number (001-366).

%m

Month as a decimal number (01 - 12).

%M

Minute as a decimal number (00 - 59).

%S

Second as a decimal number (00 - 59)

%U

Week of the year as a decimal number, with Sunday as the first day of the week (00 - 51).

%w

Weekday as a decimal number (0 - 6, with Sunday as “0”).

%W

Week of the year as a decimal number, with Monday as the first day of the week (00 - 51).

%y

Year without the century as a decimal number (00 - 99).

%Y

Year with the century as a decimal number.

%%

Percent sign.