d | Represents the day of the month as a number from 1 through 31. No leading zero |
dd | Represents the day of the month as a number from 01 through 31. A single-digit day is formatted with a leading zero |
ddd | Represents the abbreviated name of the day of the week (Mon, Tues, Wed etc) |
dddd | Represents the full name of the day of the week (Monday, Tuesday etc) |
h | hour clock hour (e.g. 7) |
hh | hour clock, with a leading 0 (e.g. 07) |
H | 24-hour clock hour (e.g. 19) |
HH | 24-hour clock hour, with a leading 0 (e.g. 07) |
m | Minutes |
mm | Minutes with a leading zero |
M | Month number |
MM | Month number with leading zero |
MMM | Abbreviated Month Name (e.g. Dec) |
MMMM | Full month name (e.g. December) |
s | Seconds |
ss | Seconds with leading zero |
t | Abbreviated AM / PM (e.g. A or P) |
tt | AM/PM (e.g. AM or PM) |
y | Year, no leading zero (e.g. 2001 would be 1) |
yy | Year, leadin zero (e.g. 2001 would be 01) |
yyy | Year, (e.g. 2001 would be 2001) |
yyyy | Year, (e.g. 2001 would be 2001) |
K | Represents the time zone information of a date and time value (e.g. +05:00) |
z | With DateTime values, represents the signed offset of the local operating system’s time zone from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), measured in hours. (e.g. +6) |
zz | As z but with leadin zero (e.g. +06) |
zzz | With DateTime values, represents the signed offset of the local operating system’s time zone from UTC, measured in hours and minutes. (e.g. +06:00) |
f | Represents the most significant digit of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the tenths of a second in a date and time value. |
ff | Represents the two most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the hundredths of a second in a date and time value. |
fff | Represents the three most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the milliseconds in a date and time value. |
ffff | Represents the four most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the ten thousandths of a second in a date and time value. |
fffff | Represents the five most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the hundred thousandths of a second in a date and time value. |
ffffff | Represents the six most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the millionths of a second in a date and time value. |
fffffff | Represents the seven most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the ten millionths of a second in a date and time value. |
Format String | Output |
MM/dd/yyyy | 08/22/2006 |
 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy | Tuesday, 22 August 2006 |
dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm | Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30 |
 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy hh:mm tt | Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30 AM |
dddd, dd MMMM yyyy H:mm | Tuesday, 22 August 2006 6:30 |
 dddd, dd MMMM yyyy h:mm tt | Tuesday, 22 August 2006 6:30 AM |
dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss | Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30:07 |
MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm | 08/22/2006 06:30 |
MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm tt | 08/22/2006 06:30 AM |
 MM/dd/yyyy H:mm | 08/22/2006 6:30 |
MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt | 08/22/2006 6:30 AM |
MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt | 08/22/2006 6:30 AM |
 MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt | 08/22/2006 6:30 AM |
MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss | 08/22/2006 06:30:07 |
MMMM dd | August 22 |
MMMM dd | August 22 |
 yyyy–MM–ddTHH:mm:ss.fffffffK | 2006–08–22T06:30:07.7199222–04:00 |
 yyyy–MM–ddTHH:mm:ss.fffffffK | 2006–08–22T06:30:07.7199222–04:00 |
ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH‘:‘mm‘:‘ss ‘GMT‘ | Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:30:07 GMT |
ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH‘:‘mm‘:‘ss ‘GMT‘ | Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:30:07 GMT |
yyyy‘–‘MM‘–‘dd‘T‘HH‘:‘mm‘:‘ss | 2006–08–22T06:30:07 |
HH:mm | 06:30 |
hh:mm tt | 06:30 AM |
H:mm | 6:30 |
h:mm tt | 6:30 AM |
HH:mm:ss | 06:30:07 |
yyyy‘–‘MM‘–‘dd HH‘:‘mm‘:‘ss‘Z‘ | 2006–08–22 06:30:07Z |
dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss | Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30:07 |
yyyy MMMM | 2006 August |
yyyy MMMM | 2006 August |