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templates, not for extracting dates in the DataMapper module. For pattern letters and patterns
available in the DataMapper, see Date data type.
Pattern letters
Letter Component Presentation Examples
G Era designator Text AD
y Year Year 1996; 96
Y Week year Year 2009; 09
M Month in year Month July; Jul; 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 name in week Text Tuesday; Tue
u
Day number of week (1 = Monday, ..., 7
= Sunday)
Number 1
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/pm (0-11) Number 0
h Hour in am/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; PST;
GMT-08:00
Z Time zone
RFC 822 time
zone
-0800
X Time zone
ISO 8601 time
zone
-08; -0800; -08:00
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