Date Formats in Rule Expressions

What follows are the format string that can be used in Date functions in Rule Expressions

Standard Format Tokens

Format Output Description
YY 18 Two-digit year
YYYY 2018 Four-digit year
M 1-12 The month, beginning at 1
MM 01-12 The month, 2-digits
MMM Jan-Dec The abbreviated month name
MMMM January-December The full month name
D 1-31 The day of the month
DD 01-31 The day of the month, 2-digits
d 0-6 The day of the week, with Sunday as 0
dd Su-Sa The min name of the day of the week
ddd Sun-Sat The short name of the day of the week
dddd Sunday-Saturday The name of the day of the week
H 0-23 The hour
HH 00-23 The hour, 2-digits
h 1-12 The hour, 12-hour clock
hh 01-12 The hour, 12-hour clock, 2-digits
m 0-59 The minute
mm 00-59 The minute, 2-digits
s 0-59 The second
ss 00-59 The second, 2-digits
SSS 000-999 The millisecond, 3-digits
Z +05:00 The offset from UTC, ±HH:mm
ZZ +0500 The offset from UTC, ±HHmm
A AM PM Post or ante meridiem, upper-case
a am pm Post or ante meridiem, lower-case

Advanced Format Tokens

Format Output Description
Q 1-4 Quarter
Do 1st 2nd ... 31st Day of Month with ordinal
k 1-24 The hour, beginning at 1
kk 01-24 The hour, 2-digits, beginning at 1
X 1360013296 Unix Timestamp in second
x 1360013296123 Unix Timestamp in millisecond
w 1 2 ... 52 53 Week of year
ww 01 02 ... 52 53 Week of year, 2-digits
W 1 2 ... 52 53 ISO Week of year
WW 01 02 ... 52 53 ISO Week of year, 2-digits
wo 1st 2nd ... 52nd 53rd Week of year with ordinal
gggg 2017 Week Year
GGGG 2017 ISO Week Year
z EST Abbreviated named offset
zzz Eastern Standard Time Unabbreviated named offset

Localized Formats

Format English Locale Sample Output
LT h:mm A 8:02 PM
LTS h:mm:ss A 8:02:18 PM
L MM/DD/YYYY 08/16/2018
LL MMMM D, YYYY August 16, 2018
LLL MMMM D, YYYY h:mm A August 16, 2018 8:02 PM
LLLL dddd, MMMM D, YYYY h:mm A Thursday, August 16, 2018 8:02 PM
l M/D/YYYY 8/16/2018
ll MMM D, YYYY Aug 16, 2018
lll MMM D, YYYY h:mm A Aug 16, 2018 8:02 PM
llll ddd, MMM D, YYYY h:mm A Thu, Aug 16, 2018 8:02 PM
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