A JavaScript port of strftime(), a function to format the date and time.
| Sequence | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
%a |
Abbreviated name of the day of the week. | Fri |
%A |
Full name of the day of the week. | Friday |
%b |
Abbreviated month name. | Apr |
%B |
Full month name. | April |
%c |
UTC date and time representation for the current locale. | Sat 02 Apr 2022 00:15:00 GMT |
%C |
Century number (year/100) as a 2-digit integer. | 20 |
%d |
Day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31). | 01 |
%e |
Day of the month as a decimal number (range 1 to 31). | 1 |
%F |
ISO 8601 date format (equivalent to %Y-%m-%d). |
2022-04-01 |
%g |
Like %G, but without century, that is, with a 2-digit year. |
22 |
%G |
ISO 8601 week-based year with century as a decimal number. The 4-digit year corresponds 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. |
2022 |
%H |
Hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23). See also %k. |
17 |
%I |
Hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12). See also %l. |
05 |
%j |
Day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to 366). | 091 |
%k |
Hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 0 to 23). See also %H. |
17 |
%l |
Hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 1 to 12). See also %I. |
5 |
%m |
Month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12). | 04 |
%n |
Month as a decimal number (range 1 to 12). | 4 |
%M |
Minute as a decimal number (range 00 to 59). | 15 |
%p |
Either "AM" or "PM" according to the given time value. Noon is treated as "PM" and midnight as "AM". | PM |
%P |
Like %p but in lowercase ("am" or "pm"). |
pm |
%s |
Number of seconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). | 1648858500 |
%S |
Second as a decimal number (range 00 to 59). | 00 |
%u |
Day of the week as a decimal (range 1 to 7), Monday being 1. See also %w. |
5 |
%V |
ISO 8601 week number 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 (that is, the first Thursday). | 13 |
%w |
Day of the week as a decimal (range 0 to 6), Sunday being 0. See also %u. |
5 |
%x |
Preferred date representation for the current locale without the time. | 4/1/2022 |
%X |
Preferred time representation for the current locale without the date. | 5:15:00 PM |
%y |
Year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99). | 22 |
%Y |
Year as a decimal number including the century. | 2022 |
%z |
The +hhmm or -hhmm numeric timezone (that is, the hour and minute offset from UTC). |
-0800 |
%Z |
Timezone name. | Pacific Standard Time |
%Zs |
Timezone short name (abbreviation). | PST |
%c- formatted string is slightly different%D- not implemented (use%m/%d/%yor%d/%m/%y)%e- space is not added%E- not implemented%h- not implemented (use%b)%k- space is not added%n- like%m, but no leading zero (use\nfor newline)%O- not implemented%r- not implemented (use%I:%M:%S %p)%R- not implemented (use%H:%M)%t- not implemented (use\t)%T- not implemented (use%H:%M:%S)%U- not implemented%W- not implemented%+- not implemented%%- not implemented (use%)
// Returns "15-09-2016 16:20"
strftime('%d-%m-%Y %H:%M');
// You can optionally pass it a Date object
// Returns "01-01-2016 21:30"
strftime('%d-%m-%Y %H:%M', new Date('Jan 1, 2016 9:30 PM'));