Letter | Date or time component | Examples |
|---|---|---|
G | Era designator | AD |
y | Year | yyyy →2017, yy → 17 |
M | Month in year | M → 1 If you use the format MM, months 1 to 9 are preceded by a zero: MM → 01 If you use the format MMM, the month is shown as an abbreviation: MMM → Jan If you use the format MMMM, the complete names of the months are shown: MMMM → January |
w | Week in year | W, yyyy → 9, 2017 If you use the format ww, weeks 1 to 9 are preceded by a zero: ww, yyyy → 09 2017 |
W | Week in month | MMMM, W → September, 2 If you use the format WW, the week number is preceded by a zero: MMMM, WW → September, 02 |
D | Day in year | D, yyyy → 250, 2017 If you use the format DDD, the days 1 to 99 are preceded by a zero: DDD, yyyy→ 025, 2017 |
d | Day in month | d MMMM yyyy → 7 Sep 2017 If you use the format dd, days 1 to 9 are preceded by a zero: dd MMMM yyyy → 07 Sep 2017 |
F | Day of week in month | F → 2 |
E | Day in week | E dd MMMM yyyy → Thu 07 September 2017 If you use the format EEEE, the complete names of the days are shown: EEEE dd MMMM yyyy → Thursday 07 September 2017 |
a | Am/pm marker | h:mm a → 12:08 PM |
H | Hour in day (0-23) | H:mm → 0:00 |
k | Hour in day (1-24) | k:mm → 24:00 |
K | Hour in am/pm (0-11) | K:mm → 0:00 |
h | Hour in am/pm (1-12) | h:mm → 12:00 |
m | Minute in hour | H:m → 7:45 If you use the format mm, minutes 1 to 9 are preceded by a zero: H:mm → 10:05 |
s | Second in minute | H:mm:s → 10:08:55 If you use the format ss, seconds 1 to 9 are preceded by a zero: H:mm:ss → 10:08:05 |
z | Time zone | HH:mm z → 10:08 CEST If you use the format zzzz, the complete names of the time zones are shown: HH:mm zzzz → 10:08 Central European Summer Time |
Z | Time zone | HH:mm Z → 10:08 +0200 |