| Format Characters |
| a = am or pm |
| A = AM or PM |
| d = day in numbers (01 to 31) |
| j = Day in numbers (1 to 31) |
| D = day in abbreviations (Mon, Tue, ...) |
| l = Day (Monday, Tuesday, ...) (this is a lowercase L) |
| F = Month (January, February, ...) |
| M = Month in abbreviations (Jan, Feb, ...) |
| m = Month (01 to 12) |
| n = Month (1 to 12) |
| g = Hour (1 to 12) |
| G = Hour (1 to 24) |
| h = Hour (01 to 12) |
| H = Hour (01 to 24) |
| i = Minutes (00 to 59) |
| s = Seconds (00 to 59) |
| y = Year (2 digits) (e.g. 06, 07, etc.) |
| Y = Year (4 digits) (e.g. 2006, 2007, etc.) |
| S = Suffix (st, nd, rd, ...) (e.g. 1st) |
| t = Number of days in current month (28, 29, 30, 31) |
| w = Day of the week (0 for sunday to 6 for saturday) |
| z = Day of year (0 to 365/364) |