Date formats may be specified using any valid Java format supported by the java.text.SimpleDateFormat class.
To specify the time format use a time pattern string. For patterns, all ASCII letters are reserved. The following usage is defined:
| Symbol | Meaning | Presentation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | era designator | Text | AD |
| y | year | Number | 1996 |
| M | month in year | Text & Number | July & 07 |
| d | day in month | Number | 10 |
| h | hour in am/pm (1~12) | Number | 12 |
| H | hour in day (0~23) | Number | 0 |
| m | minute in hour | Number | 30 |
| s | second in minute | Number | 55 |
| S | millisecond | Number | 978 |
| E | day in week | Text | Tuesday |
| D | day in year | Number | 189 |
| F | day of week in month | Number | 2 (2 nd Wed in July) |
| w | week in year | Number | 27 |
| W | week in month | Number | 2 |
| a | am/pm marker | Text | PM |
| k | hour in day (1~24) | Number | 24 |
| K | hour in am/pm (0~11) | Number | 0 |
| z | time zone | Text | Pacific Standard Time |
| ' | escape for text | Delimiter | |
| '' | single quote | Literal | ' |
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