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Guidelines for DateTimeMask entries

A date/time mask is a string expression containing any valid combination of components and, optionally, separators. For example, in the date/time mask "yy/mm/dd", the separator character is a "/", and the components are "yy", "mm", and "dd". You can specify components in any order. For usage examples, see date/time mask samples.

Components

The following are valid date/time mask components.

Component Meaning

dd

Two-digit day of the month (1–31).

ddd

Three-digit day of the year (1–366).

mm

One- or two-digit month (1–12).

mon

Three-letter abbreviation of the month (Jan–Dec).

month

Full name of the month (January–December).

yy

Two-digit year (00–99).
CAUTION  We strongly recommend using the four-digit component (yyyy) rather than the two-digit component. With the two-digit component, internally the first two digits are assumed to be "20," which might not be your intention. In addition, using the four-digit component clearly identifies the century and eliminates any ambiguity problems.

yyyy

Four-digit year (0000–9999).

w

One-digit day of the week (0–6, 0 = Sunday, 6 = Saturday).

day

Three-letter abbreviation of the day (Sat–Sun).

dayname

Full name of the day (Sunday–Saturday).

hh

Hour of day (0–23).

tt

Minute of hour (0–59).

ss

Second of minute (0–59).

am

Indicates the time as am or pm (as opposed to a 24-hour clock).


Separators

The following symbols are valid separators. Using separators is optional.

,

.

/

-

<

>

?

:

|

^

;

"

[

]

{

}

_

=

@

%

+

(

)

*

&

#

<space>

 

Samples

In all the examples, the time is equivalent to:

Tuesday, June 7, 2000 at 32 seconds after 2:05 p.m.

Mask Results

"mon. dd, yyyy"

Jun. 7, 2000

"month dd, yyyy"

June 7, 2000

"mon dd, yy (day)"

Jun 7, 00 (Wed)

''hhttss"

140532

"hh:tt am"

02:05 pm

"dd-mm-yy, hh:tt"

7-6-00, 14:05

"mm/dd/yyyy, hh:tt:ss am"

6/7/2000, 02:05:032 pm

"ddd, hh:tt:ss"

166, 14:05:32

"tt:ss am"

05:32 pm