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 |