| Directive | Meaning | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
%a |
Weekday as locale’s abbreviated name. |
Sun, Mon, …, Sat (en_US);
So, Mo, …, Sa (de_DE)
|
(1) |
%A |
Weekday as locale’s full name. |
Sunday, Monday, …, Saturday (en_US);
Sonntag, Montag, …, Samstag (de_DE)
|
(1) |
%w |
Weekday as a decimal number, where 0 is Sunday and 6 is Saturday. | 0, 1, …, 6 | |
%d |
Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal number. | 01, 02, …, 31 | |
%b |
Month as locale’s abbreviated name. |
Jan, Feb, …, Dec (en_US);
Jan, Feb, …, Dez (de_DE)
|
(1) |
%B |
Month as locale’s full name. |
January, February, …, December (en_US);
Januar, Februar, …, Dezember (de_DE)
|
(1) |
%m |
Month as a zero-padded decimal number. | 01, 02, …, 12 | |
%y |
Year without century as a zero-padded decimal number. | 00, 01, …, 99 | |
%Y |
Year with century as a decimal number. | 1970, 1988, 2001, 2013 | |
%H |
Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. | 00, 01, …, 23 | |
%I |
Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. | 01, 02, …, 12 | |
%p |
Locale’s equivalent of either AM or PM. |
AM, PM (en_US);
am, pm (de_DE)
|
(1), (2) |
%M |
Minute as a zero-padded decimal number. | 00, 01, …, 59 | |
%S |
Second as a zero-padded decimal number. | 00, 01, …, 59 | (3) |
%f |
Microsecond as a decimal number, zero-padded on the left. | 000000, 000001, …, 999999 | (4) |
%z |
UTC offset in the form +HHMM or -HHMM (empty string if the the object is naive). | (empty), +0000, -0400, +1030 | (5) |
%Z |
Time zone name (empty string if the object is naive). | (empty), UTC, EST, CST | |
%j |
Day of the year as a zero-padded decimal number. | 001, 002, …, 366 | |
%U |
Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week) as a zero padded decimal number. All days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0. | 00, 01, …, 53 | (6) |
%W |
Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number. All days in a new year preceding the first Monday are considered to be in week 0. | 00, 01, …, 53 | (6) |
%c |
Locale’s appropriate date and time representation. |
Tue Aug 16 21:30:00 1988 (en_US);
Di 16 Aug 21:30:00 1988 (de_DE)
|
(1) |
%x |
Locale’s appropriate date representation. |
08/16/88 (None);
08/16/1988 (en_US);
16.08.1988 (de_DE)
|
(1) |
%X |
Locale’s appropriate time representation. |
21:30:00 (en_US);
21:30:00 (de_DE)
|
(1) |
%% |
A literal '%' character. |
% |