Formats and Symbols

The following tables identify the date formats and symbols that you can use in the config.properties file:

Table 21. Date Formats in Config.properties

Format

Component

Presentation

Example

G

Era designator

Text

AD

y

Year

Year

2006 or 06

M

Month in year

Month

July or 07

w

Week in year

Number

27

W

Week in month

Number

2

D

Day in year

Number

189

d

Day in month

Number

10

F

Day of week in month

Number

2

E

Day in week

Text

Tuesday; Tue

a

AM/PM marker

Text

PM

H

Hour in day (0–23)

Number

0

k

Hour in day (1–24)

Number

24

K

Hour in AM or PM (0–11)

Number

0

h

Hour in Am or PM (1–12)

Number

12

m

Minute in hour

Number

30

s

Second in minute

Number

55

S

Millisecond

Number

978

z

Time zone

General Time Zone

Pacific Standard Time, or PST, or GMT-08:00

Z

Time zone

RFC 822 time zone

-0800

Table 22. Symbols in Config.properties

Symbol

Location

Localized

Description

0

Number

Yes

Digit

#

Number

Yes

Digit,
Zero shown as blank

.

Number

Yes

Decimal separator or monetary decimal separator

Number

Yes

Minus sign

,

Number

Yes

Grouping separator

E

Number

Yes

Separator between mantissa and exponent in scientific notation. This does not need to be quoted in prefix or suffix.

;

Subpattern boundary

Yes

Separator between positive and negative subpatterns.

%

Prefix or Suffix

Yes

Multiply by 100 and show as percentage.

\u2030

Prefix or Suffix

Yes

Multiply by 1000 and show as per mille.

¤ (\u00A4)

Prefix or Suffix

No

Currency sign, replaced by currency symbol.

If doubled, replaced by the international currency symbol.

If used in a pattern, the monetary decimal separator is used instead of the decimal separator.

'

Prefix or Suffix

No

Encloses special characters in a prefix or suffix, for example, "'#'#" formats 123 to "#123".

To create a single quotation mark, use two in a row: "# o''clock".