Use the following table to specify date formats.
For further information on valid date formats used in this step, view the Date Formatting Table.
| Letter | Date of Time Component | Presentation | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | Era designator | Text | AD |
| y | Year | Year | 1996 or 96 |
| M | Month in year | Month | July, Jul, or 07 |
| w | Week in year | Number | 27 |
| W | Week in Month | Number | 2 |
| D | Day in year | Number | 189 |
| d | Day in month | Number | 10 |
| F | Day of week in month | Number | 2 |
| E | Day in week | Text | Tuesday or Tue |
| a | am/pm marker | Text | PM |
| H | Hour in day (0-23) | Number 0 | n/a |
| k | Hour in day (1-24) | Number 24 | n/a |
| K | Hour in am/pm (0-11) | Number 0 | n/a |
| h | Hour in am/pm (1-12) | Number 12 | n/a |
| m | Minute in hour | Number 30 | n/a |
| s | Second in minute | Number 55 | n/a |
| S | Millisecond | Number 978 | n/a |
| z | Time zone | General time zone | Pacific Standard Time, PST, or GMT-08:00 |
| Z | Time zone | RFC 822 time zone | -0800 |