Date and Time Formats

Format

Description

Example (for en-US)

d

Short date pattern.

M/d/yyyy

11/6/2000

"D"

Long date pattern.

dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy

Monday, November 06, 2000

F

Full date/time pattern.

dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy h:mm:ss tt

Monday, November 06, 2000 12:00:00 AM

g

General date/time pattern (short time).

M/d/yyyy h:mm tt

11/6/2000 12:00 AM

G

General date/time pattern (long time).

M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss tt

11/6/2000 12:00:00 AM

M/m

Month/day pattern.

MMMM dd

November 06

u

Universal sortable date/time pattern.

yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z'

2000-11-06 00:00:00Z

Y/y

Year/month pattern.

MMMM, yyyy

November, 2000

Format

Description

d

The day of the month, from 1 through 31.

dd

The day of the month, from 01 through 31.

ddd

The abbreviated name of the day of the week.

dddd

The full name of the day of the week.

f

The tenths of a second in a date and time value.

ff

The hundredths of a second in a date and time value.

fff

The milliseconds in a date and time value.

M

The month, from 1 through 12.

MM

The month, from 01 through 12.

MMM

The abbreviated name of the month.

MMMM

The full name of the month.

h

The hour, using a 12-hour clock from 1 to 12.

hh

The hour, using a 12-hour clock from 01 to 12.

H

The hour, using a 24-hour clock from 1 to 23.

HH

The hour, using a 24-hour clock from 01 to 23.

m

The minute, from 0 through 59.

mm

The minute, from 00 through 59.

s

The second, from 0 through 59.

ss

The second, from 00 through 59.

tt

The AM/PM designator.

yy

The last two characters from year value.

yyyy

The year full value.