| Specifier
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Description
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Example
(for 8 Nov 2004, 4:22:18 PM)
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d
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Displays the current day of the month, measured as a number between 1 and 31,
inclusive. If the day is a single digit only (1-9), then it is displayed as a
single digit.
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8
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dd
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Displays the current day of the month, measured as a number between 1 and 31,
inclusive. If the day is a single digit only (1-9), it is formatted with a
preceding 0 (01-09).
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08
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ddd
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Displays the abbreviated name of the day.
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Mon
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dddd
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Displays the full name of the day.
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Monday
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f
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Displays seconds fractions represented in one digit.
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6
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ff
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Displays seconds fractions represented in two digits
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61
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fff
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Displays seconds fractions represented in three digits.
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617
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ffff
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Displays seconds fractions represented in four digits.
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6170
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fffff
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Displays seconds fractions represented in five digits.
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61702
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ffffff
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Displays seconds fractions represented in six digits.
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617024
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fffffff
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Displays seconds fractions represented in seven digits.
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6170245
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g or gg
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Displays the era.
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A.D.
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h
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Displays the hour in the range 1-12. The hour represents whole hours passed
since either midnight (displayed as 12) or noon (also displayed as 12). If the
hour is a single digit (1-9), it is displayed as a single digit. No rounding
occurs when displaying the hour
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4
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hh
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Displays the hour in the range 1-12. The hour represents whole hours passed
since either midnight (displayed as 12) or noon (also displayed as 12). If the
hour is a single digit (1-9), it is formatted with a preceding 0 (01-09).
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04
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H
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Displays the hour in the range 0-23. The hour represents whole hours passed
since midnight (displayed as 0). If the hour is a single digit (0-9), it is
displayed as a single digit.
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16
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HH
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Displays the hour in the range 0-23. The hour represents whole hours passed
since midnight (displayed as 0). If the hour is a single digit (0-9), it is
formatted with a preceding 0 (01-09).
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16
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m
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Displays the minute in the range 0-59. The minute represents whole minutes
passed since the last hour. If the minute is a single digit (0-9), it is
displayed as a single digit.
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22
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mm
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Displays the minute in the range 0-59. The minute represents whole minutes
passed since the last hour. If the minute is a single digit (0-9), it is
formatted with a preceding 0 (01-09).
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22
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M
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Displays the month, measured as a number between 1 and 12, inclusive. If the
month is a single digit (1-9), it is displayed as a single digit.
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11
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MM
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Displays the month, measured as a number between 1 and 12, inclusive. If the
month is a single digit (1-9), it is formatted with a preceding 0 (01-09).
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11
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MMM
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Displays the abbreviated name of the month.
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Nov
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MMMM
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Displays the full name of the month
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November
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s
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Displays the seconds in the range 0-59. The second represents whole seconds
passed since the last minute. If the second is a single digit (0-9), it is
displayed as a single digit only.
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18
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ss
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Displays the seconds in the range 0-59. The second represents whole seconds
passed since the last minute. If the second is a single digit (0-9), it is
formatted with a preceding 0 (01-09).
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18
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t
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Displays the first character of the A.M./P.M. designator.
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P
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tt
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Displays the A.M./P.M. designator.
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PM
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y
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Displays the year as a maximum two-digit number. The first two digits of the
year are omitted. If the year is a single digit (1-9), it is displayed as a
single digit.
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4
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yy
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Displays the year as a maximum two-digit number. The first two digits of the
year are omitted. If the year is a single digit (1-9), it is formatted with a
preceding 0 (01-09).
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04
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yyyy
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Displays the year including the century. If the year is less than four digits
in length, then preceding zeros are appended as necessary to make the displayed
year four digits long.
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2004
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z
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Displays the time zone offset for the system's current time zone in whole hours
only. The offset is always displayed with a leading sign (zero is displayed as
"+0"), indicating hours ahead of Greenwich mean time (+) or hours behind
Greenwich mean time (-). The range of values is –12 to +13. If the offset is a
single digit (0-9), it is displayed as a single digit with the appropriate
leading sign. The setting for the time zone is specified as +X or –X where X is
the offset in hours from GMT. The displayed offset is affected by daylight
savings time.
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+2
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zz
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Displays the time zone offset for the system's current time zone in whole hours
only. The offset is always displayed with a leading or trailing sign (zero is
displayed as "+00"), indicating hours ahead of Greenwich mean time (+) or hours
behind Greenwich mean time (-). The range of values is –12 to +13. If the
offset is a single digit (0-9), it is formatted with a preceding 0 (01-09) with
the appropriate leading sign. The setting for the time zone is specified as +X
or –X where X is the offset in hours from GMT. The displayed offset is affected
by daylight savings time.
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+02
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zzz
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Displays the time zone offset for the system's current time zone in whole hours
only. The offset is always displayed with a leading or trailing sign (zero is
displayed as "+00"), indicating hours ahead of Greenwich mean time (+) or hours
behind Greenwich mean time (-). The range of values is –12 to +13. If the
offset is a single digit (0-9), it is formatted with a preceding 0 (01-09) with
the appropriate leading sign. The setting for the time zone is specified as +X
or –X where X is the offset in hours from GMT. The displayed offset is affected
by daylight savings time.
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+2:00
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:
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Time separator. Note that the ':' character cannot be used in file names.
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:
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/
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Date separator. Note that the '/' character cannot be used in file names.
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/
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"
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Quoted string. Displays the literal value of any string between two quotation
marks.
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'
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Quoted string. Displays the literal value of any string between two " ' "
characters.
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\c
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Where c is any character, the escape character displays the next
character as a literal.
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Any other character
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Other characters are written directly to the result string as literals.
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