Common time formats
- UNIX strftime - Used by Ruby,
date, and more - Moment.js - Used by Moment.js, date-fns, and more
strftime format
Presets
Date
| Example | Output |
|---|---|
%m/%d/%Y |
06/05/2013 |
%A, %B %e, %Y |
Sunday, June 5, 2013 |
%b %e %a |
Jun 5 Sun |
Time
| Example | Output |
|---|---|
%H:%M |
23:05 |
%I:%M %p |
11:05 PM |
Used by Ruby, UNIX date, and many more.
Date
| Symbol | Example | Area |
|---|---|---|
%a |
Sun |
Weekday |
%A |
Sunday |
|
%w |
0..6 (Sunday is 0) |
|
%y |
13 |
Year |
%Y |
2013 |
|
%b |
Jan |
Month |
%B |
January |
|
%m |
01..12 |
|
%d |
01..31 |
Day |
%e |
1..31 |
Time
| Symbol | Example | Area |
|---|---|---|
%l |
1 |
Hour |
%H |
00..23 |
24h Hour |
%I |
01..12 |
12h Hour |
%M |
00..59 |
Minute |
%S |
00..60 |
Second |
%p |
AM |
AM or PM |
%Z |
+08 |
Time zone |
%j |
001..366 |
Day of the year |
%% |
% |
Literal % character |
Moment.js format
Examples
Date
| Example | Output |
|---|---|
YYYY-MM-DD |
2014-01-01 |
dddd, MMMM Do YYYY |
Friday, May 16th 2014 |
dddd [the] Do [of] MMMM |
Friday the 16th of May |
Time
| Example | Output |
|---|---|
hh:mm a |
12:30 pm |
Used by Moment.js and date-fns/format. Similar to Java SimpleDateFormat.
Date
| Symbol | Example | Area |
|---|---|---|
d |
0..6 |
Weekday |
dd |
Su |
|
ddd |
Sun |
|
dddd |
Sunday |
|
YY |
13 |
Year |
YYYY |
2013 |
|
M |
1..12 (Jan is 1) |
Month |
Mo |
1st..12th |
|
MM |
01..12 (Jan is 1) |
|
MMM |
Jan |
|
MMMM |
January |
|
Q |
1..4 |
Quarter |
Qo |
1st..4th |
|
D |
1..31 |
Day |
Do |
1st..31st |
|
DD |
01..31 |
|
DDD |
1..365 |
Day of year |
DDDo |
1st..365th |
|
DDDD |
001..365 |
|
w |
1..53 |
Week of year |
wo |
1st..53rd |
|
ww |
01..53 |
Time
| Symbol | Example | Area |
|---|---|---|
H |
0..23 |
24h hour |
HH |
00..23 |
|
h |
1..12 |
12h hour |
hh |
01..12 |
|
m |
0..59 |
Minutes |
mm |
00..59 |
|
s |
0..59 |
Seconds |
ss |
00..59 |
|
a |
am |
AM/PM |
A |
AM |
|
Z |
+07:00 |
Timezone offset |
ZZ |
+0730 |
|
S |
0..9 |
Deciseconds |
SS |
00..99 |
Centiseconds |
SSS |
000..999 |
Milliseconds |
X |
Unix timestamp | |
x |
Millisecond Unix timestamp |
Presets
| Example | Output |
|---|---|
LT |
8:30 PM |
LTS |
8:30:25 PM |
LL |
August 2 1985 |
ll |
Aug 2 1985 |
LLL |
August 2 1985 08:30 PM |
lll |
Aug 2 1985 08:30 PM |
LLLL |
Thursday, August 2 1985 08:30 PM |
llll |
Thu, Aug 2 1985 08:30 PM |
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