# Date Formatting

Temporis allows you to specify the format in which dates are displayed. Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and above use ICU date formatting codes.

## Usage

To specify your custom date format, simply type the desired symbols below into the format field pictured here.

## Date Format Syntax

Symbol | Meaning | Presentation | Example
--- | --- | --- | ---
G | era designator | (Text) | AD
y | year | (Number) | 1996
M | month in year | (Text and Number) | July and 07
d | day in month | (Number) | 10
h | hour in am/pm (1~12) | (Number) | 12
H | hour in day (0~23) | (Number) | 0
m | minute in hour | (Number) | 30
s | second in minute | (Number) | 55
S | millisecond | (Number) | 978
E | day in week | (Text) | Tuesday
D | day in year | (Number) | 189
F | day of week in month | (Number) | 2 (2nd Wed in July)
w | week in year | (Number) | 27
W | week in month | (Number) | 2
a | am/pm marker | (Text) | pm
k | hour in day (1~24) | (Number) | 24
K | hour in am/pm (0~11) | (Number) | 0
Z | time zone | (Text) | Pacific Standard Time
' | escape for text |  |
'' | single quote |  | '

## Examples

Format Pattern | Result
--- | ---
"yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss Z" | 1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 PDT
"EEE, MMM d, ''yy" | Wed, July 10, '96
"h:mm a" | 8:08 PM
"hh 'o''clock' a, ZZZZ" | 09 o'clock AM. Eastern Standard Time
"K:mm a, Z" | 9:34 AM, PST
"yyyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa" | 1996.July.10 AD 12:08 PM