Valid date/time formats

This section provides a list of valid formats that you can use, along with an example of each format.

Format	Example
M/d/yy h:mm a M/d/yy h:mm:ss a EEEE, MMM d, yyy h:mm:ss a z MMM d, yyyy h:mm:ss a MMMM d, yyyy h:mm:ss a z MMMM d, yyy h:mm a MMMM d, yyy h:mm:ss a M/d/yy h:mm:ss a z	3/15/00 3:20 pm 3/15/00 3:20:35 pm Thursday, June 25, 2000 3:25:33 am PDT June 25, 2000 3:25:33 am June 25, 2000 3:25:33 pm PDT June 25, 2000 3:25 am June 25, 2000 3:25:35 am 6/25/00 3:33:25 am PDT

Format

Example

M/d/yy h:mm a

M/d/yy h:mm:ss a

EEEE, MMM d, yyy h:mm:ss a z

MMM d, yyyy h:mm:ss a

MMMM d, yyyy h:mm:ss a z

MMMM d, yyy h:mm a

MMMM d, yyy h:mm:ss a

M/d/yy h:mm:ss a z

3/15/00 3:20 pm

3/15/00 3:20:35 pm

Thursday, June 25, 2000 3:25:33 am PDT

June 25, 2000 3:25:33 am

June 25, 2000 3:25:33 pm PDT

June 25, 2000 3:25 am

June 25, 2000 3:25:35 am

6/25/00 3:33:25 am PDT

Note:

Recent versions of Java use a slightly different date format with a comma following the year. For example, with Java 8, the following is valid "August 21, 2021 11:00:00 AM", but from Java 9 you express the same date and time with "August 21, 2021, 11:00:00 AM".