Date and Time Formatting Options
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There are many functions that require input designating how a unit of time will be formatted. This by combining the tokens given in the following table:
Month
M
1 2 ... 11 12
Mo
1st 2nd ... 11th 12th
MM
01 02 ... 11 12
MMM
Jan Feb ... Nov Dec
MMMM
January February ... November December
Quarter
Q
1 2 3 4
Qo
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Day of Month
D
1 2 ... 30 31
Do
1st 2nd ... 30th 31st
DD
01 02 ... 30 31
Day of Year
DDD
1 2 ... 364 365
DDDo
1st 2nd ... 364th 365th
DDDD
001 002 ... 364 365
Day of Week
d
0 1 ... 5 6
do
0th 1st ... 5th 6th
dd
Su Mo ... Fr Sa
ddd
Sun Mon ... Fri Sat
dddd
Sunday Monday ... Friday Saturday
Day of Week (Locale)
e
0 1 ... 5 6
Day of Week (ISO)
E
1 2 ... 6 7
Week of Year
w
1 2 ... 52 53
wo
1st 2nd ... 52nd 53rd
ww
01 02 ... 52 53
Week of Year (ISO)
W
1 2 ... 52 53
Wo
1st 2nd ... 52nd 53rd
WW
01 02 ... 52 53
Year
YY
70 71 ... 29 30
YYYY
1970 1971 ... 2029 2030
Y
1970 1971 ... 9999 +10000 +10001
Week Year
gg
70 71 ... 29 30
gggg
1970 1971 ... 2029 2030
Week Year (ISO)
GG
70 71 ... 29 30
GGGG
1970 1971 ... 2029 2030
AM/PM
A
AM PM
a
am pm
Hour
H
0 1 ... 22 23
HH
00 01 ... 22 23
h
1 2 ... 11 12
hh
01 02 ... 11 12
k
1 2 ... 23 24
kk
01 02 ... 23 24
Minute
m
0 1 ... 58 59
mm
00 01 ... 58 59
Second
s
0 1 ... 58 59
ss
00 01 ... 58 59
Fractional Second
S
0 1 ... 8 9
SS
00 01 ... 98 99
SSS
000 001 ... 998 999
SSSS ... SSSSSSSSS
000[0..] 001[0..] ... 998[0..] 999[0..]
Time Zone
z or zz
EST CST ... MST PST
Z
-07:00 -06:00 ... +06:00 +07:00
ZZ
-0700 -0600 ... +0600 +0700
Unix Timestamp
X
1360013296
Unix Millisecond Timestamp
x
1360013296123
For instance, the format of "September 28th, 2021, 4:52 PM" is "MMMM Do, YYYY, h:mm A".