FormatDateTime specifications

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The cFormat argument consists of one or more codes; the formatting codes are preceded by a percent sign (%). Characters that do not begin with % are copied unchanged to the result.



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The formatting codes are listed below:

%a   : Abbreviated weekday name

%A   : Full weekday name

%b    : Abbreviated month name

%B   : Full month name

%c   : Date and time representation appropriate for locale

%d   : Day of month as decimal number (01 – 31)

%H   : Hour in 24-hour format (00 – 23)

%I   : Hour in 12-hour format (01 – 12)

%j   : Day of year as decimal number (001 – 366)

%m   : Month as decimal number (01 – 12)

%M   : Minute as decimal number (00 – 59)

%p   : Current locale's A.M./P.M. indicator for 12-hour clock

%S   : Second as decimal number (00 – 59)

%U   : Week of year as decimal number, with Sunday as first day of week (00 – 53)

%w   : Weekday as decimal number (0 – 6; Sunday is 0)

%W   : Week of year as decimal number, with Monday as first day of week (00 – 53)

%x   : Date representation for current locale

%X   : Time representation for current locale

%y   : Year without century, as decimal number (00 – 99)

%Y   : Year with century, as decimal number

%z, %Z   : Time-zone name or abbreviation; no characters if time zone is unknown

%%   : Percent sign


The # flag may prefix any formatting code. In that case, the meaning of the format code is changed as follows.

%#a, %#A, %#b, %#B, %#p, %#X, %#z, %#Z, %#%    : # flag is ignored.

%#c    : Long date and time representation, appropriate for current locale. For example: "Tuesday, March 14, 1995, 12:41:29".

%#x    : Long date representation, appropriate to current locale. For example: "Tuesday, March 14, 1995".

%#d, %#H, %#I, %#j, %#m, %#M, %#S, %#U, %#w, %#W, %#y, %#Y    : Remove leading zeros (if any).

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