Macro Macro Date/Time format

Date/Time Format Strings are composed from specifiers that represent values to be inserted into the formatted string. Some specifiers (such as "d"), simply format numbers or strings. Other specifiers (such as "/") refer to locale-specific strings from system settings.

In the following table, specifiers are given in lower case. Case is ignored in formats, except for the "am/pm" and "a/p" specifiers. "Short" and "long" formats means the corresponding date and time formats set in the system country settings.

Specifier        Displays

c                Displays the date using the short format, followed by the time using the long format. The time is not displayed if the date-time value indicates midnight precisely.

d                Displays the day as a number without a leading zero (1-31).

dd                Displays the day as a number with a leading zero (01-31).

ddd                Displays the day as an abbreviation (Sun-Sat).

dddd                Displays the day as a full name (Sunday-Saturday).

ddddd                Displays the date using the short format.

dddddd                Displays the date using the long format.

e                Displays the year in the current period/era as a number without a leading zero (Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese locales only).

ee                Displays the year in the current period/era as a number with a leading zero (Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese locales only).

g                Displays the period/era as an abbreviation (Japanese and Taiwanese locales only).

gg                Displays the period/era as a full name. (Japanese and Taiwanese locales only).

m                Displays the month as a number without a leading zero (1-12). If the m specifier immediately follows an h or hh specifier, the minute rather than the month is displayed.

mm                Displays the month as a number with a leading zero (01-12). If the mm specifier immediately follows an h or hh specifier, the minute rather than the month is displayed.

mmm                Displays the month as an abbreviation (Jan-Dec).

mmmm                Displays the month as a full name (January-December).

yy                Displays the year as a two-digit number (00-99).

yyyy                Displays the year as a four-digit number (0000-9999).

h                Displays the hour without a leading zero (0-23).

hh                Displays the hour with a leading zero (00-23).

n                Displays the minute without a leading zero (0-59).

nn                Displays the minute with a leading zero (00-59).

s                Displays the second without a leading zero (0-59).

ss                Displays the second with a leading zero (00-59).

z                Displays the millisecond without a leading zero (0-999).

zzz                Displays the millisecond with a leading zero (000-999).

t                Displays the time using the short format.

tt                Displays the time using the long format.

am/pm                Uses the 12-hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier, and displays 'am' for any hour before noon, and 'pm' for any hour after noon. The am/pm specifier can use lower, upper, or mixed case, and the result is displayed accordingly.

a/p                Uses the 12-hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier, and displays 'a' for any hour before noon, and 'p' for any hour after noon. The a/p specifier can use lower, upper, or mixed case, and the result is displayed accordingly.

ampm                Uses the 12-hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier, and displays the strings set for AM/PM accordingly to the system locale settings.

/                Displays the date separator character.

:                Displays the time separator character.

'xx'/"xx"                Characters enclosed in single or double quotes are displayed as-is, and do not affect formatting.