Date Formatting Codes
EditMe's util.formatDate method uses the following date formatting codes. This content is copied from the Java API documentation for SimpleDateFormat, which is used by EditMe's the formatDate method.
| Letter | Date or Time Component | Examples |
|---|---|---|
G |
Era designator | AD |
y |
Year | 1996; 96 |
M |
Month in year | July; Jul; 07 |
w |
Week in year | 27 |
W |
Week in month | 2 |
D |
Day in year | 189 |
d |
Day in month | 10 |
F |
Day of week in month | 2 |
E |
Day in week | Tuesday; Tue |
a |
Am/pm marker | PM |
H |
Hour in day (0-23) | 0 |
k |
Hour in day (1-24) | 24 |
K |
Hour in am/pm (0-11) | 0 |
h |
Hour in am/pm (1-12) | 12 |
m |
Minute in hour | 30 |
s |
Second in minute | 55 |
S |
Millisecond | 978 |
z |
Time zone | Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00 |
Z |
Time zone | -0800 |
Some commonly used examples:
yyyy-MM-dd >> 2008-12-31
yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss >> 2008-12-31 18:00:00
EEEE, MMMM d, yyyy >> Friday, October 3, 2008