Letter | Date or Time Component | Presentation | Examples |
G | Era designator | Text | AD |
Y | Year | Year | 2007 (YYYY), 07 (YY) |
M | Month in year | Month | August (MMMM), Aug (MMM), 08 (MM) |
w | Week in year | Number | 27 |
W | Week in month | Number | 2 |
D | Day in year | Number | 189 |
d | Day in month | Number | 10 |
F | Day of week in month | Number | 2 |
E | Day in week | Text | Tuesday (EEEE), Tue (EEE) |
a | Am/pm marker | Text | PM |
H | Hour in day (0‑23) | Number | 0 |
k | Hour in day (1‑24) | Number | 24 |
K | Hour in am/pm (0‑11) | Number | 0 |
h | Hour in am/pm (1‑12) | Number | 12 |
m | Minute in hour | Number | 30 |
s | Second in minute | Number | 55 |
S | Millisecond | Number | 978 |
z | Time zone | General time zone | Pacific Standard Time (zzzz), PST (z) |
Z | Time zone | RFC 822 time zone | -0800 |