| 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 |
| Â dddd, dd MMMM yyyy | Tuesday, 22 August 2006 |
| dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm | Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30 |
| Â 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 |
| Â 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 |
| Â 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 |
| Â 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 |
| Â yyyy–MM–ddTHH:mm:ss.fffffffK | 2006–08–22T06:30:07.7199222–04:00 |
| Â 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 |