| Day |
| d |
Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros |
01 to 31 |
| D |
A textual representation of a day, three letters |
Mon through Sun |
| j |
Day of the month without leading zeros |
1 to 31 |
| l (lowercase L) |
A full textual representation of the day of the week |
Sunday through Saturday |
| N |
ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week |
1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday) |
| S |
English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters |
st, nd, rd or th. Works well with 'j' |
| w |
Numeric representation of the day of the week |
0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday) |
| z |
The day of the year (starting from 0) |
0 through 365 |
| Week |
| W |
ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday |
Example: 42 (the 42nd week in the year) |
| Month |
| F |
A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March |
January through December |
| m |
Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros |
01 through 12 |
| M |
A short textual representation of a month, three letters |
Jan through Dec |
| n |
Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros |
1 through 12 |
| t |
Number of days in the given month |
28 through 31 |
| Year |
| L |
Whether it’s a leap year |
1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise. |
| o |
ISO-8601 year number. This has the same value as Y, except that if the ISO week number (W) belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. |
Examples: 1999 or 2003 |
| Y |
A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits |
Examples: 1999 or 2003 |
| y |
A two digit representation of a year |
Examples: 99 or 03 |
| Time |
| a |
Lowercase Ante meridiem or Post meridiem |
am or pm |
| A |
Uppercase Ante meridiem or Post meridiem |
AM or PM |
| B |
Swatch Internet time |
000 through 999 |
| g |
12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros |
1 through 12 |
| G |
24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros |
0 through 23 |
| h |
12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros |
01 through 12 |
| H |
24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros |
00 through 23 |
| i |
Minutes with leading zeros |
00 to 59 |
| s |
Seconds, with leading zeros |
00 through 59 |
| v |
Milliseconds |
Example: 654 |
| Timezone |
| e |
Timezone identifier |
Atlantic/Azorest or Europe/Amsterdam |
| I (capital i) |
Whether or not the date is in daylights savings time |
1 if Daylight Savings Time, 0 otherwise. |
| O (capital o) |
Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours |
Example: +0200 |
| P |
Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) with colon between hours and minutes |
Example: +02:00 |
| T |
Timezone setting of this machine |
Examples: EST or MDT |
| Z |
Timezone offset in seconds. The offset for timezones west of UTC is always negative, and for those east of UTC is always positive. |
-43200 through 43200 |
| Full Date/Time |
| c |
ISO 8601 formatted date |
Example: 2017-11-26T15:12:21+00:00 |
| r |
RFC 2822 formatted date |
Example: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200 |
| U |
Seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT) |
Example: 1501804996 |