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, |
. | 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". |