What date and time formats are supported with tokens?
Based on standard Unicode Tokens
yy
18
Two-digit year
yyyy
2018
Four-digit year
M
1-12
The month, beginning at 1
MM
01-12
The month, 2-digits
MMM
Jan-Dec
The abbreviated month name
MMMM
January-December
The full month name
d
1-31
The day of the month
dd
01-31
The day of the month, 2-digits
eeeeee
Su-Sa
The min name of the day of the week
eee
Sun-Sat
The short name of the day of the week
eeee
Sunday-Saturday
The name of the day of the week
H
0-23
The hour
HH
00-23
The hour, 2-digits
h
1-12
The hour, 12-hour clock
hh
01-12
The hour, 12-hour clock, 2-digits
m
0-59
The minute
mm
00-59
The minute, 2-digits
s
0-59
The second
ss
00-59
The second, 2-digits
S+
000-999
The millisecond, 3-digits
xxx
+05:00
The offset from UTC, ±HH:mm
xxxx
+0500
The offset from UTC, ±HHmm
a
AM PM
aaa
am pm
LT
h:mm a
8:02 PM
LTS
h:mm:ss a
8:02:18 PM
l
M/d/yyyy
8/16/2018
ll
MMM d, yyyy
Aug 16, 2018
Mutations
We can add extra | ... to the format string to mutate current date-time. For example, yyyy-mm-dd|+5 to add 5 days to current date.
+<N>s
hh:ss|+30s – to add 30 seconds
to add <N> seconds to current date-time
-<N>s
hh:ss|-30s – to subtract 30 seconds
to subtract <N> seconds from current date-time
+<N>m
hh:ss|+10m – to add 10 minutes
to add <N> minutes to current date-time
-<N>m
hh:ss|-10m – to subtract 10 minutes
to subtract <N> minutes from current date-time
+<N>h
hh:ss|+2h – to add 2 hours
to add <N> hours to current date-time
-<N>h
hh:ss|-2h – to subtract 2 hours
to subtract <N> hours from current date-time
+<N>y
yyyy-mm-dd|+1y – to add 1 year
to add <N> years to current date-time
-<N>y
yyyy-mm-dd|-1y – to subtract 1 year
to subtract <N> years from current date-time
+<N>d
yyyy-mm-dd|+1d – to add 1 day
to add <N> days to current date-time
-<N>d
yyyy-mm-dd|-1d – to subtract 1 days
to subtract <N> days from current date-time
+<N>M
yyyy-mm-dd|+1M – to add 1 month
to add <N> months to current date-time
-<N>M
yyyy-mm-dd|-1M – to subtract 1 month
to subtract <N> months from current date-time
+<N>
yyyy-mm-dd|+1 – to add 1 day
to add <N> days to current date-time
-<N>
yyyy-mm-dd|-1 – to subtract 1 days
to subtract <N> days from current date-time
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