Date Format Symbols

Symbol

Meaning

Example

M

Month in text, abbreviated

Nov

F

Month in text not abbreviated

November

m

Month in numbers with leading zeros

02, 12

n

Month in numbers without leading zeros

1, 12

d

Day of the month; two digits with leading zeros

01, 14

j

Day of the month without leading zeros

3, 30

l

Day of the week in text not abbreviation

Friday

D

Day of the week in text as an abbreviation

Fri

w

Day of the week in numbers

From 0 (Sun) to 6 (Sat)

Y

Year in four digits

2005

y

Year in two digits

05

g

Hour between 0 and 12 without leading zeros

2, 10

G

Hour between 0 and 24 without leading zeros

2, 15

h

Hour between 0 and 12 with leading zeros

01, 10

H

Hour between 0 and 24 with leading zeros

00, 23

i

Minutes

00, 59

s

Seconds

00, 59

a

am or pm in lowercase

am, pm

A

AM or PM in uppercase

AM, PM