Custom Date Time Patterns

Day

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d

Day of the month, 2 digits with
leading zeros

01 to 31

D

A textual representation of a day
 with Three Letters

Mon through Sun

j

Day of the month without leading
zeros

1 to 31

l (lowercase L)

A full textual representation of the
day of the week.

Sunday through Saturday

S

English ordinal suffix for the day 
of the month, 2 characters

st, nd, rd or th. Works well 
with j

z

The day of the year (starting from
0).

0 through 365

Month

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F

A full textual representation of a
month, such as January or March

 January through December

m

Numeric representation of a month,
with leading zeros 01 through 12

01 through 12

M

A short textual representation of a
month, three letters

Jan through Dec

n

Numeric representation of a month,
 without leading zeros

1 through 12

Year

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Y

A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits

E.g. 1999 or 2003

y

A two digit representation of a year

E.g. 99 or 03

Time

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a

Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem

am or pm

A

Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem

AM or PM

g

12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros

1 through 12

G

24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros

0 through 23

h

12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros

01 through 12

H

24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros

00 through 23

i

Minutes with leading zeros

00 to 59

s

Seconds, with leading zeros

00 through 59

u

Microseconds

E.g. 123456

Full Date/Time

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R

RFC 2822 formatted date.

E.g. Thu, 21 Dec
2000 16:01:07 +0200

Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem

Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem