| Letter for Pattern | Date or Time component | Examples |
|---|
| G |
Era designator |
AD |
| y |
Year |
2018(yyyy),18(yy) |
| M |
Month in year |
July(MMMM), Jul(MMM), 07(MM) |
| w |
Results in week in year |
16 |
| W |
Results in week in month |
3 |
| D |
Gives the day count in the year |
266 |
| d |
Day of the month |
09(dd), 9(d) |
| F |
Day of the week in month |
4 |
| E |
Day name in the week |
Tuesday, Tue |
| u |
Day number of week where 1 represents Monday, 2 represents Tuesday and so on |
2 |
| a |
AM or PM marker |
AM |
| H |
Hour in the day (0-23) |
12 |
| k |
Hour in the day (1-24) |
23 |
| K |
Hour in am/pm for 12 hour format (0-11) |
0 |
| h |
Hour in am/pm for 12 hour format (1-12) |
12 |
| m |
Minute in the hour |
9(m), 09(mm) |
| s |
Second in the minute |
35 |
| S |
Millisecond in the minute |
978 |
| z |
Timezone |
Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00 |
| Z |
Timezone offset in hours (RFC pattern) |
-0800 |
| X |
Timezone offset in ISO format |
-08; -0800; -08:00 |