Time Formatting Directives
Directive Description
%a Abbreviated weekday name (Sun)
%A Full weekday name (Sunday)
%b Abbreviated month name (Jan)
%B Full month name (January)
%c Preferred local date and time representation
%d Day of the month (01 to 31)
%H Hour of the day, 24-hour clock (00 to 23)
%I Hour of the day, 12-hour clock (01 to 12)
%j Day of the year (001 to 366)
%m Month of the year (01 to 12)
%M Minute of the hour (00 to 59)
%p Meridian indicator (AM or PM)
%S Second of the minute (00 to 60)
%U Week number of the current year, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of the first week (00 to 53)
%W Week number of the current year, starting with the first Monday as the first day of the first week (00 to 53)
%w Day of the week (0 to 6; Sunday is 0)
%x Preferred representation for the date alone, no time
%X Preferred representation for the time alone, no date
%y Year without a century (00 to 99)
%Y Year with a century
%Z Time zone name
%% Literal % character
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