Unconfig'd DATE_LOCAL (for example): Wednesday, 10-Jul-2013 09:18:44 MDT
| arg | result | described by strftime() man page |
|---|---|---|
| %a | Wed | The abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale. |
| %A | Wednesday | The full weekday name according to the current locale. |
| %b | Jul | The abbreviated month name according to the current locale. |
| %B | July | The full month name according to the current locale. |
| %c | Wed Jul 10 09:18:44 2013 | The preferred date and time representation for the current locale. |
| %C | 20 | The century number (year/100) as a 2-digit integer. (SU) |
| %d | 10 | The day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31). |
| %D | 07/10/13 | Equivalent to %m/%d/%y. (Yecch-for Americans only. Americans should note that in other countries %d/%m/%y is rather common. This means that in international context this format is ambiguous and should not be used.) (SU) |
| %e | 10 | Like %d, the day of the month as a decimal number, but a leading zero is replaced by a space. (SU) |
| %E | %E | Modifier: use alternative format, see below. (SU) |
| %F | 2013-07-10 | Equivalent to %Y-%m-%d (the ISO 8601 date format). (C99) |
| %G | 2013 | The ISO 8601 week-based year (see NOTES) with century as a decimal number. The 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number (see %V). This has the same format and value as %Y, except that if the ISO week number belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. (TZ) |
| %g | 13 | Like %G, but without century, that is, with a 2-digit year (00-99). (TZ) |
| %h | Jul | Equivalent to %b. (SU) |
| %H | 09 | The hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23). |
| %I | 09 | The hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12). |
| %j | 191 | The day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to 366). |
| %k | 9 | The hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 0 to 23); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also %H.) (TZ) |
| %l | 9 | The hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 1 to 12); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also %I.) (TZ) |
| %m | 07 | The month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12). |
| %M | 18 | The minute as a decimal number (range 00 to 59). |
| %n | A newline character. (SU) | |
| %O | %O | Modifier: use alternative format, see below. (SU) |
| %p | AM | Either "AM" or "PM" according to the given time value, or the corresponding strings for the current locale. Noon is treated as "PM" and midnight as "AM". |
| %P | am | Like %p but in lowercase: "am" or "pm" or a corresponding string for the current locale. (GNU) |
| %r | 09:18:44 AM | The time in a.m. or p.m. notation. In the POSIX locale this is equivalent to %I:%M:%S %p. (SU) |
| %R | 09:18 | The time in 24-hour notation (%H:%M). (SU) For a version including the seconds, see %T below. |
| %s | 1373469524 | The number of seconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). (TZ) |
| %S | 44 | The second as a decimal number (range 00 to 60). (The range is up to 60 to allow for occasional leap seconds.) |
| %t | A tab character. (SU) | |
| %T | 09:18:44 | The time in 24-hour notation (%H:%M:%S). (SU) |
| %u | 3 | The day of the week as a decimal, range 1 to 7, Monday being 1. See also %w. (SU) |
| %U | 27 | The week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 00 to 53, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of week 01. See also %V and %W. |
| %V | 28 | The ISO 8601 week number (see NOTES) of the current year as a decimal number, range 01 to 53, where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the new year. See also %U and %W. (SU) |
| %w | 3 | The day of the week as a decimal, range 0 to 6, Sunday being 0. See also %u. |
| %W | 27 | The week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 00 to 53, starting with the first Monday as the first day of week 01. |
| %x | 07/10/13 | The preferred date representation for the current locale without the time. |
| %X | 09:18:44 | The preferred time representation for the current locale without the date. |
| %y | 13 | The year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99). |
| %Y | 2013 | The year as a decimal number including the century. |
| %z | -0600 | The +hhmm or -hhmm numeric timezone (that is, the hour and minute offset from UTC). (SU) |
| %Z | MDT | The timezone or name or abbreviation. |
| %+ | %+ | The date and time in date(1) format. (TZ) (Not supported in glibc2.) |
| %% | % | A literal '%' character. |