Frequently Asked Question
Supported date format substitutions
Last Updated 3 years ago
| Characters | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Year | ||
| %y% | 2021 or 21 | Year |
| %yy% | 21 | Year - two digits |
| %yyyy% | 2021 | Year - four digits |
| Quarter | ||
| %Q% | 1 | Quarter number of the year |
| %QQ% | 01 | Quarter number of the year (zero padded) |
| %QQQ% | Q1 | Quarter number of the year (prefixed with "Q") |
| %QQQQ% | 1st quarter | Quarter of the year (spelled out) |
| Month | ||
| %M% | 2 | The numeric month of the year |
| %MM% | 02 | The numeric month of the year (zero padded) |
| %MMM% | Feb | The shorthand name of the month |
| %MMMM% | February | Full name of the month |
| %MMMMM% | F | Narrow name of the month |
| Day | ||
| %d% | 9 | Day of the month |
| %dd% | 09 | Day of the month (zero padded) |
| %F% | 1 | Day of week in the month (ie. 1st Tuesday in the month) |
| %E% | Tue | Day of the week (abbreviated name) |
| %EEEE% | Tuesday | Day of the week (name) |
| %EEEEE% | T | Day of the week (narrow) |
| %EEEEEE% | Tu | Day of the week (short) |
| Hour | ||
| %h% | 3 | Hour - 12-hour format |
| %hh% | 03 | Hour - 12-hour format (zero padded) |
| %H% | 15 | Hour - 24-hour format |
| %HH% | 15 | Hour - 24-hour format(zero padded) |
| %a% | pm | am / pm for 12-hour format |
| Minute | ||
| %m% | 5 | Minute |
| %mm% | 05 | Minute (zero padded) |
| Second | ||
| %s% | 7 | Seconds |
| %ss% | 07 | Seconds (zero padded) |
| %SSS% | 123 | Millseconds |
| Time Zone | ||
| %zzz% | AEDT | Time zone (abbreviated) |
| %zzzz% | 7 | Time zone (name) |
| %Z% | +1100 | RFC 822 time zone format |
| %ZZZZ% | AEDT+11:00 | Time zone with abbreviation and offset |
| %ZZZZZ% | +11:00 | ISO 8601 time zone format |