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Date Format

TechieGuy12 edited this page Feb 7, 2022 · 1 revision

The date and time formats are used to specify how a date will be formatted within a folder/file structure. The format follows the custom date and time format strings used in C#.

A quick summary of some of the values are as follows:

Date format

Specifier Description Example
yy Two-digit year from 00 - 99. 2022-02-05 -> 22
yyyy Four-digit year. 2022-02-05 -> 2022
M The month number with no leading zero. 2022-02-05 -> 2
MM Two-digit month number with a leading zero. 2022-02-05 -> 02
MMM Abbreviated name of the month. 2022-02-05 -> Feb
MMMM Full name of the month. 2022-02-05 -> February
d Day of the month with no leading zero. 2022-02-05 -> 5
dd Day of the month with a leading zero. 2022-02-05 -> 05
ddd Abbreviated name of the day. 2022-02-05 -> Sat
dddd Full name of the day. 2022-02-05 -> Saturday

Time format

Specifier Description Example
h The hour using a 12-hour clock with no leading zero. 1:09:08 AM -> 1
1:09:08 PM -> 1
hh The hour using a 12-hour clock with a leading zero. 1:09:08 AM -> 01
1:09:08 PM -> 01
H The hour using a 24-hour clock with no leading zero. 1:09:08 AM -> 1
1:09:08 PM -> 13
HH The hour using a 24-hour clock with a leading zero. 1:09:08 AM -> 01
1:09:08 PM -> 13
m The minute with no leading zero. 1:09:08 AM -> 9
mm The minute with a leading zero. 1:09:08 AM -> 09
s The second with no leading zero. 1:09:08 AM -> 8
ss The second with a leading zero. 1:09:08 AM -> 08

The above tables show only some common specifier. There are additional specifiers you can use outlined on the custom date and time format page from Microsoft.

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