| Symbol | Meaning | Presentation | Example |
D | day in year | (Number) | 189 |
E | day of week | (Text) | Tuesday |
F | day of week in month | (Number) | 2 (2nd Wed in July) |
G | era designator | (Text) | AD |
H | hour in day (0-23) | (Number) | 0 |
K | hour in am/pm (0-11) | (Number) | 0 |
L | stand-alone month | (Text/Number) | July / 07 |
M | month in year | (Text/Number) | July / 07 |
S | fractional seconds | (Number) | 978 |
W | week in month | (Number) | 2 |
Z | time zone (RFC 822) | (Timezone) | -0800 |
a | am/pm marker | (Text) | PM |
c | stand-alone day of week | (Text/Number) | Tuesday / 2 |
d | day in month | (Number) | 10 |
h | hour in am/pm (1-12) | (Number) | 12 |
k | hour in day (1-24) | (Number) | 24 |
m | minute in hour | (Number) | 30 |
s | second in minute | (Number) | 55 |
w | week in year | (Number) | 27 |
y | year | (Number) | 2010 |
z | time zone | (Timezone) | Pacific Standard Time |
' | escape for text | (Delimiter) | 'Date=' |
'' | single quote | (Literal) | 'o''clock' |
Examples:
| Pattern | Result |
dd.MM.yyyy | 27.09.2013 |
dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss | 27.09.2013 14:15:37 |
dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm | 27.09.2013 14:15 |
dd.MM.yyyy hh:mm a | 27.09.2013 2:15 PM |
yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS | 2013-09-27 14:15:37.432 |
EEEE, dd'th' MMM yyyy | Friday, 27th September 2013 |
'Week' w | Week 39 |
'Day' D 'of the year' yyyy | Day 270 of the year 2013 |