| "%a" "Fri" abbreviated weekday name | |
| "%A" "Friday" full weekday name | |
| "%b" "Feb" abbreviated month name | |
| "%B" "February" full month name | |
| "%c" "Fri Feb 3 14:34:56 1984" date and time ("%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y") | |
| "%C" "19" two-digit year [00,99] | |
| "%d" "03" month number [01,31] | |
| "%D" "02/03/84" date as "%m/%d/%y" | |
| "%e" " 3" month number [ 1,31] | |
| "%F" "1984-02-03" date as "%Y-%m-%d" | |
| "%g" "84" week-based year [00,99] | |
| "%G" "1984" week-based year | |
| "%h" "Feb" same as "%b" | |
| "%H" "14" hour [00-23] | |
| "%I" "02" hour [01-12] | |
| "%j" "034" day of the year [001,366] | |
| "%k" "14" hour [ 0,23] | |
| "%l" " 2" hour [ 1,12] | |
| "%m" "02" month number [01,12] | |
| "%M" "34" minute [00,59] | |
| "%n" "\n" newline character | |
| "%p" "PM" a.m. or p.m. equivalent | |
| "%r" "02:34:56 PM" AM/PM time ("%I:%M:%S %p") | |
| "%R" "14:34" 24-hour time | |
| "%S" "56" second [00,60] | |
| "%t" "\t" tab character | |
| "%T" "14:34:56" time as "%H:%M:%S" | |
| "%u" "5" Monday-based weekday [1,7] | |
| "%U" "05" week number [00,53] | |
| "%V" "05" week numver [01,53] | |
| "%w" "5" weekday [0,6] | |
| "%W" "05" week number [00,53] | |
| "%x" "02/03/84" date ("%m/%d/%y") | |
| "%X" "14:34:56" time ("%H:%M:%S") | |
| "%y" "84" two-digit year [00,99] | |
| "%Y" "1984" year | |
| "%z" "+0700" offset from UTC | |
| "%Z" "MST" time zone | |
| "%%" "%" percent character | |
| "%Ec" "Fri Feb 3 14:34:56 1984" | |
| "%EC" "19" | |
| "%Ex" "02/03/84" | |
| "%EX" "14:34:56" | |
| "%Ey" "84" | |
| "%EY" "1984" | |
| "%Od" "03" | |
| "%Oe" " 3" | |
| "%OH" "14" | |
| "%OI" "02" | |
| "%Om" "02" | |
| "%OM" "34" | |
| "%OS" "56" | |
| "%Ou" "5" | |
| "%OU" "05" | |
| "%OV" "05" | |
| "%Ow" "5" | |
| "%OW" "05" | |
| "%Oy" "84" |