ref: strftime() and strptime() Format Codes
The following is a list of all the format codes that the 1989 C standard requires, and these work on all platforms with a standard C implementation.
Directive |
Meaning |
Example |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|
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Weekday as locale’s abbreviated name. |
Sun, Mon, …, Sat (en_US);
So, Mo, …, Sa (de_DE)
|
(1) |
|
Weekday as locale’s full name. |
Sunday, Monday, …, Saturday (en_US);
Sonntag, Montag, …, Samstag (de_DE)
|
(1) |
|
Weekday as a decimal number, where 0 is Sunday and 6 is Saturday. |
0, 1, …, 6 |
|
|
Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal number. |
01, 02, …, 31 |
(9) |
|
Month as locale’s abbreviated name. |
Jan, Feb, …, Dec (en_US);
Jan, Feb, …, Dez (de_DE)
|
(1) |
|
Month as locale’s full name. |
January, February, …, December (en_US);
Januar, Februar, …, Dezember (de_DE)
|
(1) |
|
Month as a zero-padded decimal number. |
01, 02, …, 12 |
(9) |
|
Year without century as a zero-padded decimal number. |
00, 01, …, 99 |
(9) |
|
Year with century as a decimal number. |
0001, 0002, …, 2013, 2014, …, 9998, 9999 |
(2) |
|
Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. |
00, 01, …, 23 |
(9) |
|
Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. |
01, 02, …, 12 |
(9) |
|
Locale’s equivalent of either AM or PM. |
AM, PM (en_US);
am, pm (de_DE)
|
(1), (3) |
|
Minute as a zero-padded decimal number. |
00, 01, …, 59 |
(9) |
|
Second as a zero-padded decimal number. |
00, 01, …, 59 |
(4), (9) |
|
Microsecond as a decimal number, zero-padded to 6 digits. |
000000, 000001, …, 999999 |
(5) |
|
UTC offset in the form |
(empty), +0000, -0400, +1030, +063415, -030712.345216 |
(6) |
|
Time zone name (empty string if the object is naive). |
(empty), UTC, GMT |
(6) |
|
Day of the year as a zero-padded decimal number. |
001, 002, …, 366 |
(9) |
|
Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week) as a zero-padded decimal number. All days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0. |
00, 01, …, 53 |
(7), (9) |
|
Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week) as a zero-padded decimal number. All days in a new year preceding the first Monday are considered to be in week 0. |
00, 01, …, 53 |
(7), (9) |
|
Locale’s appropriate date and time representation. |
Tue Aug 16 21:30:00 1988 (en_US);
Di 16 Aug 21:30:00 1988 (de_DE)
|
(1) |
|
Locale’s appropriate date representation. |
08/16/88 (None);
08/16/1988 (en_US);
16.08.1988 (de_DE)
|
(1) |
|
Locale’s appropriate time representation. |
21:30:00 (en_US);
21:30:00 (de_DE)
|
(1) |