Date and Time Formatting Codes

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c

Displays the date using the format given by the Windows standard Short Date Format, followed by the time using the format given by the Windows standard Long Time Format. The time is not displayed if the fractional part of the Date Time value is zero.

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 format given by the Short Date Format.

dddddd

Displays the date using the format given by the Long Date Format.

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 format given by the Short Time Format.

tt

Displays the time using the format given by the Long Time 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 contents of the TimeAMString global variable for any hour before noon, and the contents of the TimePMString global variable for any hour after noon.

/

Displays the date separator character given by the DateSeparator.

:

Displays the time separator character given by the TimeSeparator global variable.

'xx'/"xx"

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

Notes

Format specifiers may be written in upper case as well as in lower case letters--both produce the same result.

Examples

Code

Example Result created by the Titles module and displayed in the Viewer

"Date is "ddd mmm dd yyyy "at" hh:nn:ss AM/PM

Date is Fri Dec 31 2000 at 11:00:00 PM

c

12/31/2010 10:00:00 AM

dddddd

Friday, December 31, 2000