| "y" |
1 digit min year |
1, 42, 2017 |
| "yy" |
2 digit year |
01, 42, 17 |
| "yyy" |
3 digit min year |
001, 042, 2017 |
| "yyyy" |
4 digit min year |
0001, 0042, 2017 |
| "M" |
1 digit min month |
7, 12 |
| "MM" |
2 digit month |
07, 12 |
| "MMM" |
3 letter month abbr. |
Jul, Dec |
| "MMMM" |
Full month |
July, December |
| "MMMMM" |
1 letter month abbr. |
J, D |
| "d" |
1 digit min day |
4, 25 |
| "dd" |
2 digit day |
04, 25 |
| "E", "EE", "EEE" |
3 letter day name abbr. |
Wed, Thu |
| "EEEE" |
full day name |
Wednesday, Thursday |
| "EEEEE" |
1 letter day name abbr. |
W, T |
| "EEEEEE" |
2 letter day name abbr. |
We, Th |
| "a" |
Period of day |
AM, PM |
| "h" |
AM/PM 1 digit min hour |
5, 7 |
| "hh" |
AM/PM 2 digit hour |
05, 07 |
| "H" |
24 hr 1 digit min hour |
17, 7 |
| "HH" |
24 hr 2 digit hour |
17, 07 |
| "m" |
1 digit min minute |
1, 40 |
| "mm" |
2 digit minute |
01, 40 |
| "s" |
1 digit min second |
1, 40 |
| "ss" |
2 digit second |
01, 40 |
| "S" |
10th's place of fractional second |
123ms -> 1, 7ms -> 0 |
| "SS" |
10th's & 100th's place of fractional second |
123ms -> 12, 7ms -> 00 |
| "SSS" |
10th's & 100th's & 1,000's place of fractional second |
123ms -> 123, 7ms -> 007 |