| Token |
Description |
| %a |
Abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Mon). |
| %A |
Weekday name spelled out (e.g., Monday). |
| %b |
Abbreviated month name (e.g., Feb). |
| %B |
Month name spelled out (e.g., February). |
| %c |
The default date and time representation appropriate for the locale. |
| %d |
Day of the month as a decimal number (01–31). |
%D |
The date as MM/DD/YY (i.e.: %m/%d/%y). |
%e |
Day of the month as a decimal, preceded by a blank if zero ( 1-31). |
%h |
Abbreviated month name (an alias for %b, e.g., Feb). |
| %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, i.e., Julian date (001–366). |
| %m |
Month as a decimal number (01–12). |
| %M |
Minute as a decimal number (00–59). |
%n |
Insert a newline character. |
| %p |
Current locale's A.M./P.M. indicator for 12-hour clock. |
%r |
The time as HH:MM:SS AM/PM (i.e.: %I:%M:%S %p). |
%R |
The time as HH:MM (i.e.: %H:%M). |
| %S |
Second as a decimal number (00–59). |
%t |
Insert a tab character. |
%T |
The time as HH:MM:SS (i.e.: %H:%M:%S). |
| %U |
Week of year as a decimal number, with Sunday as first day of week
(00–53). |
| %w |
Weekday as a decimal number (0–6; Sunday is 0). |
| %W |
Week of the year as decimal, with Monday as first day of week (00–53). |
| %x |
The country-specific date representation for the current locale.
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| %X |
The country-specific time representation for the current locale.
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| %y |
Year without the century, as a decimal number (00–99). |
| %Y |
Year with century, as a decimal number (e.g., 1999 or 2000). |
| %z,%Z |
Time-zone name or abbrev; no chars if the time zone is
unknown (e.g., CDT for Central Daylight Time). |
| %% |
Percent sign. |